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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Maharashtra: Soon, relive the 'Haathi Mere Saathi'   
   experience   
      
   By Dhaval Kulkarni   
   DNA, dnaindia.com   
   Wednesday, October 24, 2018   
      
   In a unique eco-tourism experience, tourists at the state   
   forest department's only camp for elephants at Kamlapur in   
   Gadchiroli will be able to touch and feed these semi-   
   captive elephants in their natural habitat by year-end. The   
   state government plans to wean local villagers from left-   
   wing extremism and illicit timber felling using the visitor   
   inflows in the area.   
      
   The elephant camp, which was established around 50 years   
   ago in Sironcha taluka, has eight elephants, including   
   matriarch Basanti, who is aged around 55 and alpha male   
   Ajit (23). These elephants have been kept at the camp ever   
   since their use for timber logging was stopped.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-soon-relive-t   
   e-haathi-mere-saathi-experience-2678525   
      
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