Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who visited Nepal last year, announced that he would take two elephants from Nepal with him when he returned.
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Exactly one year ago, on 12 Baisakh 2081, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who visited Nepal, announced that he would take Khagendra Prasad and Rudrakali with him when he returned. Even after a year has passed since Sheikh of Qatar returned after his visit, two elephants Khagendra Prasad and Rudrakali have not been able to fly to Qatar.
Nepal government is going to send these two elephants as a gift to Qatar. ``We are in a state of preparation, we can send it the day we are told to take it,'' says Ramchandra Kandel, director general of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department.
Ganesh Pant, chief conservation officer of Chitwan National Park, says that although the removal was announced, no instructions have been received to start the removal process for years. After asking Qatar to prepare a suitable elephant for the day, Nikunj chose Rudrakali and Khagendra Prasad.
After the matter of giving elephant gifts went forward, the then senior veterinarian of Chitwan National Park Dr. The team including Vijay Shrestha had reached Qatar and returned after understanding the environment there. The team also studied the Alkhor Zoo (zoo) in Qatar, where elephants are kept.
The then chief conservation officer of Chitwan Park, Dil Bahadur Purja Pun, said that the Nepali team had the ability to create a habitable environment for elephants in Alkhor Zoo and that they were committed to creating it. A representative of Alkhor Zoo also came to Chitwan and came back knowing about the two elephants that were said to be taken away.
"Because the elephant had to be taken by cargo plane, the team of Qatar Airways came to Chitwan and came back after understanding everything," he says again. Rudrakali was born on October 9, 2018, while Khagendra Prasad was born on September 25, 2019.
It is customary to write prasad or gaj after the name of the baby elephants born in the park if they are female and prasad or gaj if they are male. Rudrakali is the child of Pujakali and Khagendra Prasad Koshikali, according to Chitwan Park.
The father of both of them is a wild male elephant 'Ronaldo' who roams Chitwan Park and mostly lives around the eastern part of Sauraha and Khorsor, according to park officials. Younger elephants who had just completed training were chosen to see if they could not blend in with the new environment when the big elephant was given as a gift.
Regarding taking the endangered species elephants to another country, the CITES Convention, which regulates the illegal collection, transportation and trade of endangered and threatened wild animals and plants, should also be followed. Chitwan Park's Chief Conservation Officer Pant says that it may take time to fulfill the site provisions.
Director General of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department Ramchandra Kandel says that since all other matters have been completed, the Qatar government will proceed with the process as soon as the elephant is sent. He said that he has asked to estimate the cost of bringing the elephant from Chitwan to the airport.
