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Three chaotic elephants ventured retired of the Periyanaickenpalayam wood scope and entered quality habitation astatine Keeranatham successful Coimbatore metropolis limits connected Thursday.
A video of the 3 elephants - 2 adults and a sub-adult - frolicking successful a pond astatine Keeranatham went viral connected societal media successful the greeting hours.
Five scope officers and their teams were monitoring the question of the antheral elephants, determined truthful by the Forest Department utilizing drones, each done the day.
The elephants, according to the wood staff, were attracted towards the maize fields successful Keeranatham surrounded by villages.
After staying enactment successful a wooded greenish spot of onshore adjacent to ample buildings lodging offices of Information Technology companies, the elephants started ambling dilatory retired of the location.
The dependable of drones and vehicles triggered the question of the elephants, officials said.
Male elephants person an inherent instinct to abstracted from the herd and task retired successful tiny groups.
“We are monitoring the question of the elephant that appears to beryllium heading towards the embankment of Kousika stream astir 3 kilometres distant from the location,” N. Jayaraj, District Forest Officer of Coimbatore part said.
The elephants person been observed to beryllium calm passim and are expected to get backmost into the wood by themselves, the DFO said.
