Coimbatore: A female elephant a. found dead with dead Calf in Irtaikkan Palam area Sirumugai Forest Range on Monday evening. A Sukumar, Forest Veterinary Officer, Coimbatore Forest Division, said the elephant died due to pregnancy – complications of uterine prolapse and blood loss due to hypovolemic shock and death.
A team of frontline staff of Sirumugai forest range found the carcasses of female elephants aged 20 to 21 years along with the dead male. Calf In the backwater area of Bhawanisagar reservoir.
Forest Veterinary Officer Sukumar, Sirumugai Assistant Veterinary Surgeon C Thiagarajan, Coimbatore Forest Department District Forest Officer TK Ashok Kumar and others went to the reserve forest on Tuesday morning to conduct the postmortem.
“The woman died at least 36-48 hours ago,” Sukumar said.
He said that during the postmortem, the stomach and intestines were found empty and the liver and kidney were yellow in colour. Samples were taken from the dead body for DNA profiling.
it was the third death of elephant Reported from Sirumugai forest range within a month. On March 28, a female adult elephant was found partially submerged in the backwater area of Bhawanisagar reservoir. On March 31, a sub-adult female elephant was found dead at Mulaiyur in the Sirumugai forest range.
A team of frontline staff of Sirumugai forest range found the carcasses of female elephants aged 20 to 21 years along with the dead male. Calf In the backwater area of Bhawanisagar reservoir.
Forest Veterinary Officer Sukumar, Sirumugai Assistant Veterinary Surgeon C Thiagarajan, Coimbatore Forest Department District Forest Officer TK Ashok Kumar and others went to the reserve forest on Tuesday morning to conduct the postmortem.
“The woman died at least 36-48 hours ago,” Sukumar said.
He said that during the postmortem, the stomach and intestines were found empty and the liver and kidney were yellow in colour. Samples were taken from the dead body for DNA profiling.
it was the third death of elephant Reported from Sirumugai forest range within a month. On March 28, a female adult elephant was found partially submerged in the backwater area of Bhawanisagar reservoir. On March 31, a sub-adult female elephant was found dead at Mulaiyur in the Sirumugai forest range.