Another elephant was found dead less than a 100 metres from the Moyar River, near Thengumarada, in the Nilgiris on Friday. This is the second elephant in the last month that has been found dead close to the Moyar.
Speaking to The Hindu , V Selvam, Forest Range Officer, said that the female elephant was found dead in Thengumarada section of Mangalapatti beat in Nilgiris Eastern range on Friday.
Forest Department officials said that a post-mortem was conducted on the animal. In a separate, unrelated incident, a male gaur was found dead near Nedugula, in Kattabettu Range, in the Nilgiris on Friday.
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