Ailing female elephant dies

Coimbatore: The ailing female elephant, found at Vellapathy in the Mulkankad forest beat of Bouluvampatti forest range on Saturday, died on Monday morning.
“The animal was too dehydrated and debilitated. It could not even get up,” said a forest department official. The officials were administering glucose, vitamins and minerals to the 12-year-old animal for the last two days.
Forest veterinary officer Dr Prabhu conducted postmortem.The elephant is suspected to have suffered a stomach infection.
Sixteen wild elephants have died in the district since March, officials said. TNN