Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole) in India

Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole)
Type	camp

Owner
Place	Nagarhole National Park
Country	India

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers	-2008: Bora (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates	2020-09-29

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole), in Nagarhole National Park, India .

Living elephants

At the Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole) lives 14 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Asoka
♂ Bharatha
♂ Ganesha
♀ Ganga
♂ Gopala Krishana
♂ Kethan born 1999
♂ Raja born >1947
♂ Ravi
♂ Sekar born 1971
♂ Somasekar
♂ Surya born 1961
♀ unknown name born 2003
♂ Vishnu
♂ Zoo -Laxman born 1971

Casualties

1 casualties

2008-11: mahout Bora fatal attack by Kethan. † Bora Died 2008-11, Murkal elephant camp, Nagarhole. The rogue elephant 'Kyata' which crushed his mahout Bora to death recently, has been sent to kraal – a place where wild and restless elephants are tamed – in Moorkal, within Nagarhole forest range. The nine year old Kyata after killing his mahout, had stood guard of the body for nearly 12 hours without food and water. It was only after many attempts that Bora's body was lifted and cremated

References for records about Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=651. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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