35-yr-old tusker found dead in Gudalur forest

Udhagamandalam: A tusker was found dead near Padanthurai in the Gudalur forest division on Wednesday.
The day-old carcass of the 35-year-old elephant was found near a stream. Sumesh Soman, district forest officer, Gudalur division, said the tusks were intact and no external injury was found on the carcass.
A postmortem was conducted on Thursday. A foreign body made of plastic and a metal piece were found in one of the legs of the elephant, Soman said while clarifying that the postmortem did not attribute any reason for the death of the animal.
Samples of the carcass were collected for clinical tests. Only after forensic tests, the exact cause of its death will be known, the officer said.
The carcass was left inside the forest area for scavengers.