Elephant that killed coffee grower captured by K'taka forest dept

Elephant that killed coffee grower captured by K'taka forest dept

Kodagu (Karnataka), Mar 13 (PTI) The wild elephant that claimed the life of a 49-year-old coffee grower was captured on Friday by the Forest Department in a coordinated operation, officials said.Ganapathi was trampled to death by the same wild tusker on Thursday noon when he went to his coffee plantation near Siddapura in Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district, they said. The elephant had been damaging crops in coffee plantations and had created fea…

Elephant tramples coffee planter to death in Kodagu

Third death in 12 days; five people killed by wild elephants in three months Siddapura (Kodagu):There seems to be no respite for man-animal conflict as in yet another case, a 49-year-old coffee planter was trampled to death by a wild elephant at a coffee estate in Siddapura, Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Ganapathy (Gappu, Gappanna) of the Chowrira family. The incident occurred when Ganapathy had…