Carcass of 10-year old elephant found in forests

A highly decomposed carcass of a male elephant was found in the forests of Sirumugal in the ditrict today.

The body of the elephant, aged about 12 years, was noticed by the forest department staff.
Non-availability of food and water was suspected to be the rason for the death, forest department sources said.

After postmortem, the elephant was buried in the forests, they said.

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