Bangladesh officials to tranquilise Assam jumbo

GUWAHATI: Having failed to retrieve an elephant stranded in Bangladesh due to crowding by locals, Assam forest department officials imparted training to their counterparts in Bangladesh on tranquilising the jumbo. “Our veterinarian has given training to their (Bangladesh) veterinarians on how to use the tranquilising gun. They will now tranquilise the elephant and put it under captivity temporarily. Later on we might try to bring it back,” state principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF), Bikash Brahma, said.

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