Male elephant found dead on patta land

A male elephant was found dead at Mathipalayam village in Madhukkarai range on a patta land. Forest department officials suspect it was electrocuted and are planning to book the owner of the land.

Locals residents, who found the carcass around 6am, had informed the forest officials. “We have begun investigations. Veterinary doctor Manoharan conducted a postmortem. We will take legal action based on the evidences,” conservator of Coimbatore circle S Ramasubramanian said.

The 20-year-old tusker was regularly seen in the area in the last three months and was a crop raider, department officials said.

Last year, five elephants, including two calves, had died of electrocution in Coimbatore region alone.


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