COIMBATORE: A 45-year-old elephant that had been roaming around a farm in
Jarathal near Erode
along with its calf died of some illness on Wednesday.
According to a source, one Ramu spotted the
cow elephant unconscious
and its calf roaming around as he was passing by
Pappathi Farm in Jarathal
around 6am and informed the villagers.
People soon gathered at the spot and alerted the forest department. The villagers made an attempt to
feed sugarcane and corn to the animals
, but the calf didn't let them approach its mother.
Forest officials, along with veterinarian Asokan, reached the spot. This time too, the calf didn't allow the veterinarian to approach the adult elephant to offer treatment.
Asokan then tranquilised the calf to provide medical help to the adult elephant, but to no avail. Forest officials rescued the calf and took it to Sennampatti forest range.
"We are treating the calf," a forest official said.
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