A day after a female elephant died at Film City, Goregaon, veterinarians said that the cause of its death was multiple bile duct stones that led to liver failure. A forest offence report (FOR) has been filed against the elephant’s owner claimed forest officials.
On Friday afternoon, 38-year-old Roopa was brought from her owner’s house in Borivli to Goregaon for a photo shoot. HT had reported that the elephant’s owner, Saba Shankar Pandey, had said that after eating some sugarcane, Roopa was in discomfort and had developed swellings on her body. Around 3pm, she collapsed outside the Film City gate and died soon after.
A post-mortem was conducted on Saturday morning by pathologists from Bombay Veterinary College and veterinarians from Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) at Kora Kendra at Naigaon, Vasai. While the results are awaited in a couple of days from Saturday, the elephant’s body was buried at Vasai.
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