COIMBATORE: A feminine elephant was discovered lifeless with a stillborn calf in Irattaikan Palam space in Sirumugai forest vary on Monday night. The elephant died as a consequence of being pregnant -stillbirth problems resulting in uterine prolapse and lack of blood leading to hypovolemic shock and loss of life, mentioned A Sukumar, forest veterinary officer, Coimbatore forest division.
A crew of frontline workers from Sirumugai forest vary discovered the carcasses of the feminine elephant, aged between 20 and 21 years, with the stillborn male calf within the backwater space of Bhavanisagar reservoir.
Forest veterinary officer Sukumar, assistant veterinary surgeon C Thiyagarajan from Sirumugai, TK Ashok Kumar, district forest officer, Coimbatore forest division, and others went to the reserve forest on Tuesday morning and carried out a postmortem.
“The feminine died a minimum of 36 -48 hours in the past,” mentioned Sukumar.
He added that in the course of the postmortem, the abdomen and intestines had been discovered empty and the liver and kidney had been pale in color. Samples had been collected from the carcass for DNA profiling.
This was the third elephant loss of life reported from Sirumugai forest vary inside a month. On March 28, a feminine grownup elephant was discovered partially submerged within the backwater space of Bhavanisagar reservoir. A sub-adult feminine elephant was discovered lifeless at Moolaiyur in Sirumugai forest vary on March 31.