COIMBATORE: Around 2,000 police personnel would be deployed from Masinagudi to Theppakadu on April 9 to provide security for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Theppakadu elephant camp in the Nilgiris to honour mahout Bomman and his wife Bellie, heroes of Oscar-winning short documentary film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’.The 7km stretch, which is situated at the trijunction of Tamil Nadu,...
Theppakadu elephant camp
UDHAGAMANDALAM: 'Elephant Whisperers' Bomman and Bellie lost their latest 'baby' at the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Friday. The four-month-old elephant calf died of complications as it could not digest lactogen and due to the stress of separation from its herd.The calf was found inside a well at Dharmapuri on March 9. Forest veterinarians and Bomman went there and took...