Violent elephant Dhrube released after radio collaring
Nepal, July 16 -- Chitwan National Park has fitted a radio collar on Dhrube, a rogue elephant believed to have killed 25 people in and around the national park and its buffer zone. The elephant was tranquilized using a dart gun on Wednesday night and later released into the park.
Information Officer of Chitwan National Park, Abinash Thapa Magar, said the radio collar was installed to monitor the elephant's movements. Dhrube's tusks were also trimmed before its release.
Thapa Magar said the collar would allow authorities to track Dhrube in real time and monitor its activities through GPS technology.
A team comprising personnel from the Nepali Army, Chitwan National Park, and the National Trust for Nature Conservation installed the radi...
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