Female elephant drowns in Cauvery in Meenukolli reserve forest

Representative image showing an elephant.

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A female elephant died after drowning in River Cauvery near Maldare in Meenukolli reserve forest limits in the taluk on Wednesday.

The body was found in the river on Thursday.

Forest officials with the help of a trained elephant recovered the body from the middle of the river and brought it ashore through a boat, on Thursday morning.

After an autopsy, the veterinarians confirmed that the pachyderm died of drowning.

The last rites of the elephant were performed later.