Two female elephants were found dead in Kadambur forest area in the district, forest officials said today
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Two female elephants were found dead in Kadambur forest area in the district, forest officials said today. While carrying out routine patrol duty last evening in Pavazhakuttai area within Kadambur forest division, a team of forest officials found an elephant lying dead in a trench. After scaring away its calf, which was standing nearby they examined the dead elephant.
They said it was about 20 year old female elephant and had died due to illness. Similarly, the carcass of another female elephant aged about 25 years was found in the forest division by some forest personnel on patrol duty in Anpur forest area within Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR). The veterinary doctor examined the dead pachyderm and said it had died due to illness. Carcasses of the elephants were buried in the forest area.
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