Karnataka gets 1st elephant care centre in Kolar

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Karnataka’s first-everElephant Care Centrehas come up at Kajikallahalli vilage, near Kolar and 55km from Bengaluru, reports Ranganath K.

Set up by the forest department in association with Bengaluru-based NGO Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, the Kolar centre will look after destitute, aged, diseased and injured elephants at its campus spread over 20 acres. The facility, located off Bengaluru-Chennai NH, currently houses four female elephants.

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injured and diseased elephants will be not only treated but also provided with environs that will enable them to recover and get back to their active selves again,V Yedukondalu, deputy conservator of forests, Kolar district, said.
According to him, many elephants attached to religious places are prone to Health issues as they are made to stand for long hours and fed plenty of bananas and other food stuff offered by devotees.