A female wild elephant that was found dead in a check-dam inside a reserve forest near Coimbatore on Sunday (September 17) evening could have died of pregnancy-related complications, as per the post-mortem examination findings.
Forest Veterinary Officer A. Sukumar, who headed the autopsy on Monday, said the foetus of the elephant could have been between 20 and 22 months of gestation.
“The foetus was more putrefied than the mother’s carcass. This could mean that the foetus died much before the mother died. The pregnancy complication is believed to have led to the mother’s death,” he said.
