AN endangered elephant and a calf were electrocuted when they touched a farm’s electric fence which is believed to have been illegally wired to the mains instead of a battery.
The 30-year-old female and a six-year-old calf died at a farm on the outskirts of the city of Mettupalayam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
District Forest Officer of Coimbatore Forest S. Ramasubramaniam said: “The grove owner claimed that he had used battery operated power setup on his grove to protect his crop.
“The animals could not die if the farmer used battery. In this regard, we have asked The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) officials to inspect the spot.”
A farmer named Palanisamy is responsible for the area at Dasampalayam village near Mettupalyam, he added.
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