Elephant calf found dead near Sullia
An elephant calf was discovered dead in a farmland near Sullia, Karnataka. The one-year-old female elephant had multiple injuries, leading officials to suspect it was attacked by another elephant. After a post-mortem examination, the body was buried in the area.
- ▪The calf was found in Adtale Bedrupane of Aranthodu village.
- ▪It had multiple injuries and internal damage that caused bleeding.
- ▪Forest Department officials believe the calf may have been attacked by a male elephant.
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An elephant calf was found dead in Adtale Bedrupane of Aranthodu village near Sullia of Dakshina Kannada on Monday.The body of the one-year-old female elephant was found on a farmland in the morning. It had multiple injuries.A herd of wild elephants barged into farmlands in the same area on Sunday night and destroyed crops.Forest Department officials suspect that the calf was part of the herd and it might have been attacked by a male elephant in the group or an elephant which was not part of the herd.Officials said that veterinary doctors who conducted the post-mortem examination said that the calf had injury marks scattered all over its body and that internal injuries had caused bleeding, blood clots and damage to its organs.Its body was buried in the area after post-mortem.
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