(1) The elephant stock at Punnathoor Kotta comprises six cow elephants, two makhna or mozha (tuskless males) and 54 bulls or tuskers .(2) But, the male - female ratio is becoming more and more unequal, due to selective poaching of tuskers for ivory, he says with concern.(3) A population explosion of bristling wild boars sparked by a long, hot summer is driving the tuskers from their natural woodland habitats into the parks, gardens, graveyards and playgrounds of the new capital.(4) And of Corbett's elephant population, only 143 were tuskers .(5) As Bhadra is a domesticated elephant cow, she is particularly tempting to wandering tuskers who will be able to smell her from seven kilometres.
