Injured elephant enters fields in Mettupalayam

Coimbatore: An injured male elephant had on Sunday night entered banana plantations at Samayapuram village at Mettupalayam. Villagers said they spotted the blood on banana leaves and on the ground. They said the elephant had not damaged the crops. Early on Monday, the elephant had entered the forest nearby, they said. Forest officials said they have formed three teams to monitor the elephant's movements.
A forest official said the elephant had an injury near its ear, which meant it would have been injured in a fight with another male. “Bleeding had stopped. But there were traces of blood as it had walked past trees and fields in the region,” said the official.

“We tried to trace the elephant, but it went deep into the forest. So, we have formed three special teams who have been trying to trace it,” the official said. As the elephant had walked deep into the forest without getting fatigued, the official said, it would be healthy. “But we are waiting for it to come out so that we can have a look at its injury and take further action,” the official added.


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Injured elephant enters fields in Mettupalayam

Coimbatore: An injured male elephant had on Sunday night entered banana plantations at Samayapuram village at Mettupalayam. Villagers said they spotted the blood on banana leaves and on the ground. They said the elephant had not damaged the crops. Early on Monday, the elephant had entered the forest nearby, they said. Forest officials said they have formed three teams to monitor the elephant’s movements.

A forest official said the elephant had an injury near its ear, which meant it would have been injured in a fight with another male. “Bleeding had stopped. But there were traces of blood as it had walked past trees and fields in the region,” said the official.


“We tried to trace the elephant, but it went deep into the forest. So, we have formed three special teams who have been trying to trace it,” the official said. As the elephant had walked deep into the forest without getting fatigued, the official said, it would be healthy. “But we are waiting for it to come out so that we can have a look at its injury and take further action,” the official added.


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Foresters’ efforts to save elephant go in vain

Coimbatore: Forest department officials’ efforts to save the female elephant, which was found unwell near Narasipuram on Sunday night, went in vain as it succumbed to its poor health condition on Tuesday.

The elephant was around 55 years old, officials said.The ailing elephant was found 2.5km away from the forest boundary near Narasipuram.

On Sunday night, local veterinarians gave it nearly 100 bottles of saline along with calcium, vitamins and minerals.

After the animal could not stand on its own, earth movers and cranes were pressed into service.

However, on Monday evening, the elephant walked into the forest.Manoharan, forest department veterinarian who conducted the postmortem, said the elephant had stomach infection.

“It suffered from diarrhoea and there were parasites in its stomach.



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