The captive elephant Guruvayur Peethambaran, one of the elephants involved in the tragedy ... was highly probable to enter musth, says the final report by R. Keerthi, Conservator of Forest ...

According to animal rights campaigner VK Venkitachalam, the jumbos' musth (mating ... Animal rights activists are concerned about captive elephants' frustration and abnormal behaviour, often ...

Vantara, a rescue centre for captive elephants and other wild animals in ... tightly tethered together to control his 4–6 month musth period, resulting in immense physical and psychological ...