COIMBATORE: A male elephant used to be electrocuted in Nellidurai in Mettupalayam wooded area vary on early Sunday morning.
Initially, it used to be suspected that the elephant, which used to be just about 30-year-old, died of suffocation after it fell into a elephant evidence trench (EPT). However, the autopsy reports on Sunday night concluded that the elephant used to be electrocuted.
A senior legitimate of the wooded area department mentioned, "The elephant died during the wee hours of Sunday. The department officers who were patrolling in the area around 10.30am informed us."
Another wooded area department legitimate mentioned, "Initially it looked like the elephant fell into the trench and died of suffocation." He added, "Later, when post-mortem reports concluded that it died of electrocution we realized that it fell into the trench due to electrocution."
The house is frequented through elephants, the wooded area officials mentioned. "Last year, two elephants died in the same region (within a 5km radius)," the legitimate mentioned. The reside cord that electrocuted the elephant is claimed to be putting from a pole that used to be set to prevent entry of elephants, they added.
Initially, it used to be suspected that the elephant, which used to be just about 30-year-old, died of suffocation after it fell into a elephant evidence trench (EPT). However, the autopsy reports on Sunday night concluded that the elephant used to be electrocuted.
A senior legitimate of the wooded area department mentioned, "The elephant died during the wee hours of Sunday. The department officers who were patrolling in the area around 10.30am informed us."
Another wooded area department legitimate mentioned, "Initially it looked like the elephant fell into the trench and died of suffocation." He added, "Later, when post-mortem reports concluded that it died of electrocution we realized that it fell into the trench due to electrocution."
The house is frequented through elephants, the wooded area officials mentioned. "Last year, two elephants died in the same region (within a 5km radius)," the legitimate mentioned. The reside cord that electrocuted the elephant is claimed to be putting from a pole that used to be set to prevent entry of elephants, they added.
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