Gonikoppal: Four elephants from Mathigodu elephant camp in Kodagu district left for Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Monday following an MoU signed between the Karnataka and Uttarakhand governments. 
Thunga (15), her two-year-three-month-old calf Karna (7) and Bheeshma (7) have left to the north Indian state along with their Mahouts Gopal, Rama and Lingappa, are accompanying the pachyderms.
The elephants halted at Kallabettu forest in Hunsur on Monday evening and will resume their journey on Tuesday morning, said Mathigodu RFO Kiran Kumar. He said the elephants will travel by lorry. The mahouts will be with the elephants till they get accustomed to the new environment.
Elephant Thunga is the daughter of Varalakshmi, who is at the elephant camp. Karna is the son of Chamundi who was captured at Dandeli. Bheeshma is an orphaned elephant who was found on the periphery of Veeranahosahalli. He was separated from his mother and was reared by mahouts at the camp.
