Elephant carcass present in Mordhana forest vary on T.N.-A.P. border

The stays of a 10-year-old feminine elephant had been discovered within the Mordhana Extension Reserve Forest (RF) at Aravatla village close to Pernambut city in Vellore on Tamil Nadu – Andhra Pradesh border.

Forest officers stated that it was throughout routine rounds within the forests, a forest staff discovered carcasses together with skeletons and hides of the animal close to a stream within the forests. Immediately, the staff alerted S. Raghupathy, forest vary officer (Pernambut) and B. Ashok Kumar, District Forest Officer (DFO), Vellore.

Forest officers stated that Aravatla area is a hilly space abutting Mordhana dam. The RF is round three away from Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary in Chittoor (A.P). Most of the elephants within the sanctuary navigate by forests within the area on the elephant hall to succeed in forests in neighbouring Karnataka. The animals additionally camp within the area throughout mango season earlier than they return to the sanctuary.

Based on alert, a staff of veterinarians from Hosur led by Jayachandran carried out a postmortem. Initial inquiry discovered that the animal may have slipped from an elevated space to a close-by stream in quest of water and acquired injured. Forest officers stated the animal may have died at the least one and half months in the past. A portion of stays had been taken as samples for additional evaluation by the veterinary staff. Carcass was burnt on the spot within the presence of senior forest officers. A probe is underway.