One of the veterinary doctors who treated the injured elephant, E Vijayaragavan told Express that the animal could not take food and water since its hind leg had a fracture.
“We provided medicines and physiotherapy to improve its health, but it died around 12 pm on Wednesday. The 10-year-old’s rib, hip and lower part of the vertebral column had injuries. There were blood clots in a few parts, which led to cardiac arrest,” he said
A team of veterinarian N S Manokaran and Vijayaragavan performed the postmortem. “The animal should not have been taken to Theppakadu, which is 200 km away from Shoolagiri,” said Wildlife Nature Conservation Trust founder N Sadiq Ali
Meanwhile, a postmortem found that parasitic infection and internal bleeding caused the death of a 30-year-old mother elephant at Moongil Pallam in Narasipuram. The animal was found dead on Tuesday.