Wild jumbo again enters Nandankanan Zoo

--staff trying to disperse it anyway

BARANGA: A wild jumbo, which had entered the Nandankanan Zoological Park’s elephant safari by breaking its boundary wall on the wee hours of Wednesday, entered the zoo again on Friday early morning.

The wild pachyderm belongs to the Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary, said zoo official sources. 

After entering into the safari which housed three elephants, Prema, Basanti and Hira, the jumbo had created disturbances by attacking its inmates. It attacked female elephant Basanti repeatedly in the safari, said a staff of the zoo. 

The zoo authorities have started an operation to disperse the wild animal. To keep eye on the elephant, zoo employees were deployed at the safari. 

The zoo official sources said the jumbo would be dispersed by evening to ensure the visitors’ safety in the zoo area. In worst case, the animal would be tranquilized by the zoo staff to shift it from the zoo, sources said.  

Notably, a wild elephant had trampled a woman to death at Chunakoli Basti under the Chandrasekharpur police station in the city recently. The wild elephants from Chandaka forest used to enter the city due to damage of trenches around the sanctuary area.