Two elephants found dead in 24 hours in Coimbatore
The New Indian Express
December 5, 2023
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Two wild elephants were found dead at two different locations within the
Coimbatore forest division in 24 hours. In the first incident, a
nine-year-old male elephant was found dead inside the CRPF campus at
Kurudampalayam under the Periyanacikenpalayam forest range on Sunday
evening.
Postmortem carried out on the elephant found that the animal could have
starved to death due to a mouth injury. DFO N Jayaraj said that the
mandibles of the animal were damaged three weeks ago and was unable to chew
grass which led to the death of the jumbo as it was not getting any food.
“We have sent the bone samples to the lab and will only get a clear picture
whether the elephant’s mandibles have been damaged after biting Avuttukai
or not only after getting the results,” he added. The official said that
they had been monitoring the health of the animal since November 29, when
it fell sick and was roaming slowly at Varappalayam near Thadagam North
forest beat.
“We were unable to approach the animal to check his health condition.
However, the animal was roaming along with the herd. Though we placed
medicine-laced fruits, the animal did not eat them. We have used drones to
locate the animal and more than 20 staff from Coimbatore and
Periyanacikenpalayam forest range have been engaged in tracing it. However
we couldn’t find the jumbo,” said a forest department official.
In another incident, field-level staff of the Coimbatore forest range found
the carcass of a female elephant at a Patta land in Pannimadai near
Thadagam North forest on Monday. After the postmortem, officials said the
animal age could have been 25 years old and might have died due to anaemia
and lung infection. Samples of organs like the kidney and heart have been
retrieved from the animal. With these incidents, the number of wild
elephant deaths in the Coimbatore forest division this year has increased
to 20.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/dec/05/two-elephants-found-dead-in-24-hours-in-coimbatore-2638722.html
Two elephants found dead in 24 hours in Coimbatore
The New Indian Express
December 5, 2023
See link
<https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/dec/05/two-elephants-found-dead-in-24-hours-in-coimbatore-2638722.html>
for photo.
Two wild elephants were found dead at two different locations within the
Coimbatore forest division in 24 hours. In the first incident, a
nine-year-old male elephant was found dead inside the CRPF campus at
Kurudampalayam under the Periyanacikenpalayam forest range on Sunday
evening.
Postmortem carried out on the elephant found that the animal could have
starved to death due to a mouth injury. DFO N Jayaraj said that the
mandibles of the animal were damaged three weeks ago and was unable to chew
grass which led to the death of the jumbo as it was not getting any food.
“We have sent the bone samples to the lab and will only get a clear picture
whether the elephant’s mandibles have been damaged after biting Avuttukai
or not only after getting the results,” he added. The official said that
they had been monitoring the health of the animal since November 29, when
it fell sick and was roaming slowly at Varappalayam near Thadagam North
forest beat.
“We were unable to approach the animal to check his health condition.
However, the animal was roaming along with the herd. Though we placed
medicine-laced fruits, the animal did not eat them. We have used drones to
locate the animal and more than 20 staff from Coimbatore and
Periyanacikenpalayam forest range have been engaged in tracing it. However
we couldn’t find the jumbo,” said a forest department official.
In another incident, field-level staff of the Coimbatore forest range found
the carcass of a female elephant at a Patta land in Pannimadai near
Thadagam North forest on Monday. After the postmortem, officials said the
animal age could have been 25 years old and might have died due to anaemia
and lung infection. Samples of organs like the kidney and heart have been
retrieved from the animal. With these incidents, the number of wild
elephant deaths in the Coimbatore forest division this year has increased
to 20.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/dec/05/two-elephants-found-dead-in-24-hours-in-coimbatore-2638722.html
