Elephant dies in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

Udhagamandalam: A male elephant died without responding to treatment in Singara range of forests in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Thursday.
The animal, aged around 30 years, was found lounging near the Moyar river on Wednesday.
A team of forest department officials with three kumkis (tamed elephants) from the Theppakadu elephant camp rushed to the spot to rescue it. A local veterinarian from the Masinagudi panchayat accompanied them.
“The elephant was given medical care. However, it died without responding to the treatment,” a forest official said.
Senior forest department officials inspected the spot.
Postmortem was conducted, and tissue samples were collected for lab test.