Their otherwise pleasant 26th morning took a traumatic turn as forest department officials launched a pre-dawn operation for shifting them to newly-opened Trichy elephant rehabilitation centre.
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'Beaten, pushed from the home they love', three elephants head to Trichy
Three elephants, Sandhya, 45, Indu, 35, and Jayanthi, 21 of the Elefriends101 Elephant Care facility were transferred to a Trichy centre following a court order.