Elephant dies while being transported back to Srirangam from Pollachi

The elephant died when the truck reached Namakkal around 4am on Sunday. TRICHY: A more than 60 years old female elephant, owned by a man in Srirangam, died on Sunday morning while being brought back from Pollachi on a truck. The elephant, called Gulabi, was taken to Pollachi - situated more 200 km from Srirangam - on Friday for a wedding ceremony on Saturday.Animal activists said the owner of the elephant had sent the ailing animal to Pollachi for monitory gain, without caring about its health.

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