Mysuru: Reacting to the delay in the Forest Department replying to the letter she had sent, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, speaking to Star of Mysore, said, “I definitely can take care of the elephants in my possession. However, due to administrative inconvenience, I wrote to the Forest Department to take back at least three elephants as I found problems with a few handlers who were not doing a proper job of looking after them.”
According to Pramoda Devi, her husband, late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar had bought two elephants Preethi and Indira and later the five elephants from the circus Seetha, Gemini, Chanchala, Ruby and Rajeshwari were given to them to nurture them.
