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A depiction of a khedda, trapping elephants, 1808. A khedda (or Kheddah) or the Khedda system was a stockade trap for the capture of a full herd of elephants that was used in India; other methods were also used to capture single elephants. [1] The elephants were driven into the stockade by skilled mahouts mounted on domesticated elephants.
Elephant capturing by the khedda method. Mela shikar (Assamese: মেলা চিকাৰ) is a traditional method of capturing wild elephants for captive use.These methods get employed in Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and in Assam in India.
An elephant chosen to lead the Dasara parade The Dasara Elephants are usually caught by the elephant trainers via the Khedda operation. During the Wodeyar rule, the elephants thus caught were inspected in an open field for strength, personality, and character.
Drona was captured in a khedda operation in the Kakanakote forest area of Heggadadevana kote in 1971. He was used for a brief period in Shimoga to carry timber. Doddappaji was Drona's mahout. Doddappaji's association with Drona began from the day it was captured, as his father, Chennakeshavaiah, was in charge of taming it.
An elderly elephant named SomBoon was taken from her wild environment when she was just a little baby. She spent 80 years working in the logging and tourism industries, but thankfully, the ...
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Chhouk needs a new prosthetic foot every six months as he continues to grow
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