12:00 AM, August 12, 2016 / LAST MODIFIED: 04:28 AM, August 12, 2016
That wild elephant tranquilised
Preparations on to bring it to Bangabandhu safari park
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The wild elephant that came from India on June 27 was tranquillised at Koyra village in Jamalpur's Sarishabari upazila yesterday. The animal had got separated from its herd in Assam and entered Kurigram, floating with the currents of the Brahmaputra. Photo: ABM Aminul Islam
Our Correspondent, Jamalpur
The wild elephant which entered Bangladesh from India on June 27 was tranquillised in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur yesterday.
Sayeed Hossain, veterinary surgeon of the forest department's wildlife division, tranquillised the animal with a metal dart around 2:00pm in Koyra village. When the animal was tranquillised, it started jumping madly and fell into a pond at one stage.
Later, members of the elephant rescue team with the help of locals took the animal to a field from the pond. The animal first regained consciousness around 3:00pm and it was again administered medicine to make it unconscious, said Khalilur Rahman, forest official of Sarishabari.
The elephant recovered consciousness again around 6:00pm. The animal was being treated, he said.
The place where the elephant was is about one kilometre away from the Kamrabad road, the forest official added. "We are now planning on how to bring the elephant to the road. It will take time to bring the elephant there,” said Sayeed, who is in the 17-member elephant rescue team of Bangladesh forest department.
“After taking it to the road, the animal will be lifted onto a truck by a crane to carry it to Bangabandhu Safari Park [in Gazipur]," he added.
A joint rescue team comprising forest and veterinary officials from Bangladesh and India started the rescue operation on August 4. But they did not get a suitable place to tranquillise the animal. After a meeting with high officials of Bangladesh forest department, a three-member elephant rescue team of Assam's forest department left Dhaka on August 9, said forest officials.
The Bangladeshi team had been following the animal to tranquillise it since August 7. The elephant got separated from its herd in Assam and entered Kurigram's Chilmari, floating with the currents of the Brahmaputra river, on June 27.
After entering Bangladesh, it travelled over 300 kilometres of riverine routes in the last 45 days.
That wild elephant tranquilised
Preparations on to bring it to Bangabandhu safari park
14
The wild elephant that came from India on June 27 was tranquillised at Koyra village in Jamalpur's Sarishabari upazila yesterday. The animal had got separated from its herd in Assam and entered Kurigram, floating with the currents of the Brahmaputra. Photo: ABM Aminul Islam
Our Correspondent, Jamalpur
The wild elephant which entered Bangladesh from India on June 27 was tranquillised in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur yesterday.
Sayeed Hossain, veterinary surgeon of the forest department's wildlife division, tranquillised the animal with a metal dart around 2:00pm in Koyra village. When the animal was tranquillised, it started jumping madly and fell into a pond at one stage.
Later, members of the elephant rescue team with the help of locals took the animal to a field from the pond. The animal first regained consciousness around 3:00pm and it was again administered medicine to make it unconscious, said Khalilur Rahman, forest official of Sarishabari.
The elephant recovered consciousness again around 6:00pm. The animal was being treated, he said.
The place where the elephant was is about one kilometre away from the Kamrabad road, the forest official added. "We are now planning on how to bring the elephant to the road. It will take time to bring the elephant there,” said Sayeed, who is in the 17-member elephant rescue team of Bangladesh forest department.
“After taking it to the road, the animal will be lifted onto a truck by a crane to carry it to Bangabandhu Safari Park [in Gazipur]," he added.
A joint rescue team comprising forest and veterinary officials from Bangladesh and India started the rescue operation on August 4. But they did not get a suitable place to tranquillise the animal. After a meeting with high officials of Bangladesh forest department, a three-member elephant rescue team of Assam's forest department left Dhaka on August 9, said forest officials.
The Bangladeshi team had been following the animal to tranquillise it since August 7. The elephant got separated from its herd in Assam and entered Kurigram's Chilmari, floating with the currents of the Brahmaputra river, on June 27.
After entering Bangladesh, it travelled over 300 kilometres of riverine routes in the last 45 days.
