Tusker killed in fight with another one in Anamalai Tiger Reserve

COIMBATORE: A tusker aged around 25 years was found dead in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Tuesday.
Since the carcass was found with injury marks, forest officials suspect that the tusker might have died after a fight with another wild elephant.
People working in the nearby tea estate also told the officials that they had heard sounds of two elephants fighting on Monday night.
This is the third elephant to die in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve and the 19th one in the Coimbatore forest division this year.
An officer said it was the local residents who spotted the carcass first. “The tusker was found dead in the reserve forest of Andiparai Shola in the Valparai forest range, which falls under the Pollachi forest division attached to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve.”
The residents subsequently alerted the forest officials, who performed an autopsy.