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The Forest Department volition nonstop bodily samples collected from the carcass of chaotic elephant ‘Rolex’, a chaotic elephant that was recovered dead successful the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) connected Wednesday aft its translocation from a Coimbatore village, to six antithetic laboratories for assorted examinations.
Samples collected for illness screening, forensic toxicology and histopathology volition beryllium sent to the Central University Laboratory and Pharmacovigilance Laboratory of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University; Indian Veterinary Research Institute successful Bareilly successful Uttar Pradesh; Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation successful Chennai; Kerala Forest Wildlife Disease Diagnostic Laboratory successful Wayanad; and Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History successful Coimbatore; and the Regional Forensic Laboratory successful Chennai.
Officials from the Department said that determination were nary outer injuries connected the carcass of the elephant that was recovered dormant adjacent Sirupulikan watercourse successful Manambolly scope of ATR astir 2.30 p.m. connected Wednesday.
The necropsy performed by a squad of veterinarians indicated that the tusker could person been aged supra 50 based connected its molar progression.
The veterinarians recovered astir 2 litres of blood-tinged pericardial effusion accumulated successful its pericardial cavity. The bosom appeared to person been affected by chronic cardiac disease. There were signs of hemoerrhage successful the heart, they opined.
Since a microorganism corruption could besides origin these conditions, samples were collected for histopathological examinations, officials said.
The elephant had been a habitual harvest raider earlier it was captured by the Department from Ichukkuzhi adjacent Thondamuthur connected October 17. It was lodged successful a kraal (wooden enclosure) astatine Varagaliar adjacent Top Slip earlier being released into the chaotic astatine Manthirimattam successful Manabololly wood scope connected November 12.
A elder authoritative attached to ATR said that the elephant is suspected to person had a abrupt bosom nonaccomplishment portion approaching Sirupulikan stream. The elephant stumbled and fell portion descending the slope towards the stream. The carnal besides deed against a tree, earlier collapsing and dying arsenic per observations by the squad that had been tracking the carnal utilizing signals from its radio-collar.
The veterinarians besides recovered the elephant’s liver harder than mean levels. The squad besides checked the dungpiles of the elephant, which had a assortment of provender comprising grass, shrubs, histrion leaves, histrion bark and bamboo.
The fact-finding committee constituted by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Rakesh Kumar Dogra was contiguous during the post-mortem. The squad comprising president H. Venuprasad, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife); members V.C. Rahul, Director of Tamil Nadu Wildlife Crime Control Bureau; and K. Sridhar, Forest Veterinary Assistant Surgeon from Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, inspected the spot wherever the elephant was recovered dead.
They noticed slipping tracks of elephant ft for a region of astir 25 metre on a debased gradient slope adjacent the stream. The committee, which examined monitoring records, GPS information of radio-collar and attraction past of the elephant, volition taxable a elaborate study to the Chief Wildlife Warden.
