Volunteers and Forest officials have sighted 170 elephants in the ongoing elephant census being carried out in Coorg.
Deccan Herald reports
On the first day of the census, the enumerators had sighted 7 elephants in Pushpagiri wildlife division, 9 in Talacauvery and 41 in Brahmagiri wildlife division. Similarly, they had sighted 55 in Thithimathi, Ponnampete and Virajpet limits, 16 in Tata Coffee estate limits, 30 in Kushalnagar limits, 16 in Somwarpet, 3 in Shanivarasanthe limits and 2 in Sampaje area, said Kodagu Circle Conservator of Forest K B Markandeya.