Chitwan. CHITWAN, Dec 14: Two elephant calves born at Khorsor Elephant Breeding and Training Centre in Chitwan National Park (CNP) are to be sent to Qatar on December 17.

Rudrakali and Khagendra Prasad, who were involved in Sauraha Hattisar, are being sent to Qatar after being trained at the breeding centre. According to Dr Haribhadra Acharya, information officer at the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, the migrants will be sent to Qatar on December 17.

The elephant is being sent from Bhairahawa airport. He said that the elephants will be sent by charter cargo plane. Preparations are being made to take the elephant from Sauraha the day before depending on the condition of the ship and the condition of the route.

These elephants are being sent to be kept at the Al Khoror Park Zoo in Doha, Qatar. Rudrakali is a seven-year-old calf and Khagendra Prasad is a six-year-old calf. Rudrakali is the child of Poojakali and Khagendra Koshikali. Ronaldo is the father of Khagendra and Rudra, according to Manipuran Chaudhary, chief of the Elephant Breeding Center.

Female elephants in the elephant breeding center of Khorsor get pregnant during mating with powerful elephants like Ronaldo, Dhruve and Govinde. After the government decided to provide the elephants, all the processes are being completed.

The National Trust for Nature Conservation, Sauraha, has constructed a shed to keep the elephants by measuring them. It will be taken to Lumbini International Airport from Sauraha in a truck. The cargo will be taken to Qatar from Lumbini. Along with the elephants, two elephants led by CNP’s veterinary technician Dinesh Dhakal are also going to Qatar.

They will return there after managing the elephants. Before this, Nepal has been gifting one-horned rhinoceros, elephants and other wildlife to various friendly countries. The wildlife gift is being given to strengthen the relations between the two countries and to make Nepal’s biodiversity known in the international arena. According to Acharya, this is the first time Nepal is sending elephants to other countries as gifts.

Established in 2044 BS with 20 elephants including 16 from India, two from Myanmar and two from Thailand, the centre has so far given birth to 68 elephants. According to the center, 61 people have been trained. Six of those born here have died.

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