Today, we visited the Konni Elephant Cage. This is the place where elephants who were trapped in the nearby jungles were brought for training . . .
The training has ceased since 1977. However, elephants are kept here and it is quite a tourist attraction.
Konni is a small town, about 10 kilometers south of Pathanamthitta. The nearest railway head is Chengannur (CNG) in the Trivandrum-Kottayam route of the Indian Railways.
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| The entrance |
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| The Cage . . . |
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| The first elephant we saw. Incidentally, this 8 year old male was from Bihar and named Don Singh. He was given a local name - Kochu Ayyappan. Don was caught while being illegally transported to Kerala. Below are the snaps of another 4. The last one, Soman, 65 years old, which was being used for elephant ride . . . I will put the snaps in my next post .. .. . |
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| Meena, 21 years old |
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| Priyadarshini, 24 years old |
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| Surendran, 14 years old |
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| 7 year old Eva |
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| A very informative device in the museum at the Elephant Cage. One can hear the sounds that different wild animals make by clicking on a display. |
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ReplyDeleteThank you for a nice presentation, I have temporarily made deeplinks from my elephant database to your blog. Please see http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=985 and the total list of elephants at http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=985&show=6
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