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Rehabilitation centre for elephants at Kappucaud

S. Anil Radhakrishnan KATTAKADA: Releasing the pachyderms Ammu, Minna and Jaysree to the enclosures, Minister for Forest Benoy Viswom inaugurated the first phase of the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre being set up at Kappucaud near Kottoor in the Agasthyavanam Biological Park. The Minister, who was accompanied by Varkala Radhakrishnan, MP; G. Karthikeyan, MLA; presidents of the local bodies and forest officials, was greeted by Ammu and Minna by offering rose flowers. The Minister offered banana and jaggery to the elephants.