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The forest officials, on their part, are worried that the elephant could catch infection since the tyre is believed to have injured its leg. Any worsening of the infection could pose threat to its life but the wound appears to have failed to deter the elephant’s wild instincts.
When it has men on its trail, the injured elephant covers more areas and seeks remote locations which the forest staff find difficult to access. Elephants are very intelligent animals and this one primarily from Chandaka has knowledge of nook and cranny of the forests. The Chandaka division has even employed local tribal trackers who are believed to be good at their job. “Some of these trackers can even track elephants from their smell from a distance without even sighting them but this pachyderm has eluded them too,” said a field staff who was part of the team.
DFO of Chandaka Kedar Swain, who has been monitoring the movement of the elephant, personally took part in the tracking exercise on Tuesday but the jumbo was so alert that it managed to give the teams a slip by a few metres just around dusk hours.