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A full of 232 chaotic elephants died successful the Coimbatore Forest Division from 2010 to 2025 astatine an mean of 15 elephant deaths per year, according to a presumption report submitted by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Rakesh Kumar Dogra earlier the Madras High Court recently.
Eight elephants were reported dormant during 2024, which is the lowest successful the decade, and the 23 deaths reported successful 2023 were the highest.
Out of the 232 elephant deaths reported (till November 7), 30 deaths were owed to unnatural causes and each different 202 numbers were owed to earthy causes specified arsenic sickness and property factor. A full of 13 elephant deaths are reported successful Coimbatore part truthful acold this year, retired of which 10 were owed to earthy causes, submitted the Chief Wildlife Warden connected November 7, during a proceeding related to a chaotic elephant that was recovered dormant astatine the Boluvampatti artifact II reserve wood of Poondi southbound wood bushed on October 10.
Chennai-based activistic S. Muralidharan had alleged that the deceased elephant was suspected to beryllium the 1 that entered Arulmigu Vellingiri Andavar Thirukovil astatine Poondi connected October 2, videos of which were wide circulated.
The Chief Wildlife Warden submitted earlier the tribunal that the carcass of elephant that was recovered dormant connected October 10 was located astir 741 m distant from the Thanikandi tribal settlement.
According to him, the postmortem findings of the elephant carcass recovered connected October 10 stated that the animal could person died 10 to 14 days before. The carcass would beryllium conscionable 8 days old, if it was of the aforesaid elephant that entered Poondi temple connected October 2.
The serviceman submitted that determination were nary electrical lines oregon wires astir the spot wherever the carcass of an elephant was recovered successful Boluvampatti artifact II reserve wood connected October 10. There was nary motion of poaching arsenic the tusks remained intact. There were nary outer injuries and the post-mortem study findings revealed nary fracture. No suspicious overseas materials oregon antithetic odours were detected.
It was stated successful the post-mortem study that the carcass was highly decomposed and unsuitable for elaborate post-mortem examination, owed to which nary samples were collected for forensic analysis. Therefore, without giving country for immoderate speculations, the alleged unnatural origin of decease tin beryllium wholly ruled out, the Chief Wildlife Warden’s study said.
Mr. Muralidharan successful a proceeding connected Friday submitted that the presumption study filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden connected November 7 was scientifically inadequate and procedurally deficient successful respective captious aspects concerning the antheral elephant that was recovered dormant adjacent Thanikandi connected October 10.
