2 elephants found dead on same day

Coimbatore: Hours after forest department officials recovered the carcass of a seven-year-old male elephant from a contour canal in Udumalpet forest range on Friday, an eight year old male elephant was found dead in the canal a short distance away.

Farmers, who noticed the carcass of the elephant in the canal at Vallakondapuram in the Udumalpet range had informed the officials around 6.30am. A team led by forest ranger Dhanabalan rushed to the spot and retrieved it. “With the help of a veterinarian, postmortem was conducted near the canal and the carcass was buried in a nearby area. The cause of death is yet to be ascertained. We believe it died at some other place,” Dhanabalan said.

The official received another phone call around 4pm about the carcass of another male elephant in the canal. A team of officials reached the spot and conducted postmortem. The carcass was later buried inside the forest. tnn

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