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Dubare elephant camp (Aanekaadu) in India

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Dubare elephant camp (Aanekaadu)
Typecamp
Address Kushalnagar
Place Coorg
Region Karnataka
Country India
Related persons
Owner
Unspecified persons
2026-05-18-2026-05-18: Jyunesh Tulasi (visitor)
-: Lakshmi (wife)
Zoological department
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants
-: J. Girish
(chief mahout)
Elephant keepers
-2017: Annu
-2017: Mani
-: Chandu
-: J. Shari
-: J. Dhobi
-: J. Jagadesh
-: Manjunath
-: Naveen
-: Sanjan
-: Sharath
-: Urunay
Record history
History of updates2025-04-17: text updated
2026-05-19: tourist death accident
Latest document update2026-05-19 11:21:07
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Description

Dubare elephant camp (Aanekaadu), camp located at Kushalnagar, in Coorg, India .

Living elephants

At the Dubare elephant camp (Aanekaadu) lives 23 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♂ Ajay born 1974
  2. ♂ Chandra born 1969
  3. ♂ Dhananjaya
  4. ♂ Ganapa born 1991
  5. ♂ Ganesha born 2010
  6. ♂ Gopi born 1982
  7. ♂ Harsha born 1976
  8. ⚪ Indra born 1977
  9. ♂ Kanjan
  10. ♂ Karthik born 2014?
  11. ♀ Kaveri born 1978
  12. ♂ Kusha born 1994?
  13. ♂ Laxman (Lakshmana)
  14. ♀ Moyra (Moira) born 1988
  15. ♀ Mukambika born 1979
  16. ♂ Nanjunda
  17. ⚪ Parasu Rama (Parashuram) born 2005
  18. ♂ Ranjan born 2001
  19. ♂ Shivu born 2011-03-00
  20. ♂ Thirtarama (Theertharam)
  21. ⚪ unknown
  22. ⚪ unknown born 2017
  23. ⚪ unknown born 2014-07-00

Casualties

3 casualties
  1. 2017-04-17: mahout Annu fatal attack by Karthik. † Annu Died 2017-04-17
  2. 2017-05-04: mahout Mani fatal attack by Karthik. † Mani Died 2017-05-04
  3. 2026-05-18: visitor Jyunesh Tulasi fatal attack by Marthanda. The victim, 33-year-old Chennai resident Jyunesh, was at the Dubare camp watching the elephants being bathed when the clash broke out. During the session, Kanjan attacked Marthanda, and attempts by mahouts to control the animals failed. As the fight continued, one of the elephants lost balance and fell on the woman. In its effort to stand up, Marthanda trampled her further, leading to her death. † Jyunesh Tulasi Died 2026-05-18

Comments / picturesThe Karnataka Forest Department has about 150 Elephants in various camps and Dubare has been historically an important camp. The Elephants for the famous Mysore Dassehra were trained at Dubare elephant camp. There are around 88 tribal families living in Dubare, employed by the Forest Department to take care of the elephants

Dubare Elephant Camp in Coorg offers tented accommodation on the banks of river Cauvery.

The route from Bangalore is via Mysore, Kushalnagar, Gudde Hosur (4km from Kushalnagar on BM Road), then a left turn towards Siddapura. About 15 kilometer on the Siddapur Main Road visitors would find a JLR Dubare Camp board. A left turn at the board and a kilometer drive would reach you to the bank of River Cauvery. Cross the river by a boat and you would be at the Dubare Elephant Camp.

2017-05-06: A young male elephant in Kodagu’s Dubare camp that killed two mahouts in quick succession was found to be allergic to Alcohol. And this, forest department sources say, may have provoked seven-year-old Karthik to trample the two mahouts, who were in an inebriated state. While one Mahout Annu was killed on April 17, the other trainer Mani was killed on Thursday.

2022-12-23: There were a total of 37 Elephants in the Dubare breeding camp and out of these, 6 Elephants were earlier sent to Harangi elephant park. Now, there are 21 Elephants in Dubare and 5 Elephants in Harangi.

2026-05-18: A woman tourist from Chennai died after being trampled by an elephant during a fight between two captive Elephants at the Dubare elephant camp in Karnatakas Kodagu district on Sunday, May 18.

The deceased was identified as Tulasi, a 33-year-old tourist from Chennai. She had visited the Dubare elephant camp in Kushalnagar taluk and was watching Elephants being bathed when the incident occurred.

According to officials, the accident took place during the routine elephant bathing session when an elephant named Kanchan attacked another elephant, Marthanda. Mahouts and staff reportedly attempted to control the Animals, but efforts to contain the fight failed.

During the altercation, one of the Elephants lost balance and fell onto the tourist. As the elephant repeatedly tried to get back up, Marthanda allegedly trampled her further, causing fatal injuries.

Following the incident, the Karnataka government has barred visitors from going near Elephants at captive elephant camps and ordered stricter safety measures. Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwar B Khandre directed officials to ensure that tourists watch elephant bathing only from a minimum distance of 100 Feet.

He has also ordered the preparation of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to improve visitor safety. Under the new rules, tourists will no longer be allowed to:
  • Go near elephants
  • Take selfies or photographs close to them
  • Touch elephant trunks
  • Bathe elephants
  • Feed them bananas, jaggery or sugarcane


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