Coimbatore Mar 29 PTI The carcass of a female wild elephant was found floating in Bhavanisagar Dam catchment area in Sirumugai forest range here forest department sources said on Tuesday Forest department staff and some workers who were on the rounds noticed the carcass on Monday evening and informed the department officials The officials reached the spot along with a veterinarian in Mayilkkai on Tuesday morning and brought the carcass to the shore The veterinary team conducted a post-mortem on the six-year-old elephant and removed the viscera which was sent for further examination to a laboratory they said Suspecting that the elephant might have got into the dam for drinking water due to heat and could not come out after getting caught in the slush the sources said the laboratory report will reveal the cause of the death PTI NVM HDA HDA
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday registered an FIR into the alleged poaching and killing of an elephant in the Sirumugai forest range of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
Coimbatore Sept 21 PTI A tiger was found dead in Sirumugai forest range in this district police said on Tuesday The forest department staff noticed the carcass of the animal late last evening while patrolling in the area about 50 kms from here and alerted the senior officials The department officials including a veterinarian reached the spot this morning to conduct a post mortem to ascertain the cause of death they said PTI NVM ROH ROH
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