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After traversing for implicit 100 km successful the past 3 days successful Coimbatore metropolis and the suburbs, the herd of 3 chaotic ‘bachelor’ elephants that had strayed retired of Periyanaickenpalayam Range connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) moved into Karamadai Forest Range connected Saturday (December 13, 2025), overmuch to the alleviation of a ample contingent of wood unit connected trail.
The elephants that had moved into Keeranatham successful the metropolis limits connected Thursday were past seen getting adjacent to a hillock astatine Kurunthamalai aft resting astatine an eucalyptus plantation successful Kakkapalayam adjacent Annur for astir portion of Friday (December 12, 2025).
The Forest Department’s anticipation that the elephants could beryllium diverted from Keeranatham to Periyanaickenpalayam Forest Range did not fructify arsenic the animals changed absorption towards Annur.
Supported by the Electricity and Police Departments done switching disconnected the powerfulness proviso on the instrumentality way of the elephants and halting vehicular postulation connected the roads astatine the clip of crossing, the Forest Department regulated the question of the animals.
Since chasing the animals would beryllium counterproductive, the aerial region person to the wood was factored successful for regulating their movement, Forest Department officials said.
But for the harm caused to a compound gross of a backstage company, the animals did not grounds immoderate convulsive behaviour each done portion successful quality habitations.
The elephants were expected to get deeper into the wood during the nighttime hours, authoritative sources added.
Movement of different herd of astir 8 elephants was reported successful the limits of Gudalur Municipality adjacent Periyanaickenpalayam, during the aboriginal hours of Saturday. However, the Forest Department could not corroborate it.
In an unrelated incident, a 47-year-old Marichamy of Lingapuram who was injured successful an onslaught by a chaotic elephant connected Friday succumbed to injuries astatine Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.
