Ayurveda nursing Kerala elephant back to health

ROAD TO RECOVERY: Bharti has now found refuge in a Kerala elephant training camp at Kodanad.

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Kodanad (Kerala): One and a half year old Bharti is still struggling to stand up. She was found by the caretakers at the elephant training camp at Kodanad in central Kerala last year with severe injuries. The baby elephant was apparently carried by the currents of the rain-swollen Chaliyar River in Nilambur district. Caretakers at the centre have now switched to ayurvedic treatment.

“When she came here, she had swelling all over her body and a lot of injuries. Now we are giving her ayurveda treatment. We are giving her a lot of medicinal herbs along with eucalyptus. She is responding very well to the treatment. In a few days we hope she will get up and walk,” says Bharti's caretaker, Subramanian.

The centre is one of the largest capturing and training centres for baby elephants in south India who are given luxurious baths, a daily diet of wheat, sugarcane and milk –

a royal treatment for the little jumbos.

“Any elephant which strays out of the forest, into human territory is brought here. Many times we get injured ones, which has to be taken care of well. We then give then special training after naming each one,” says forest officer, Kodanad Elephant Training Centre, Chandramohan.