Kushalnagar (Kodagu):
The Forest Department celebrated World Elephants Day at Dubare Elephant Camp near here yesterday in a meaningful manner by creating awareness amongst the public on wildlife.

The day was celebrated by performing puja to the camp elephants at Sri Basaveshwara Temple premises in the presence of hundreds of tourists, who were excited to see 25 elephants including 3 calves together.

Kodagu Conservator of Forests Yelukondala spoke about the significance of World Elephants Day.

CFO B.B. Mallesh, ACF Bhaskar Rao, RFO M.S. Chinnappa, ARFO Ranjan, Senior mahout Dobi and others were present on the occasion.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Thursday – August 13th, 2015