Maharashtra government’s forest department on Friday told the Kolhapur circuit bench of the Bombay High Court that it was not possible to rehabilitate 10-year-old elephant named “Omkar” in the wild at present.

The department said that it had become necessary to shift the elephant from the present region to Vantara in Gujarat’s Jamnagar run by Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust (RKTWET) to train him since he is at “immature age.”

As reported by The Indian Express in September, the elephant was seen frequently roaming in the forested regions in Sindhudurg district of Konkan region. The sub-adult-male elephant was earlier seen roaming in Pernem region of North Goa after being separated from its six-member herd in Sindhudurg district and was ransacking paddy fields and foraging fo

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