A 15-year-old male wild elephant was found dead on Tuesday at an agricultural land of Coimbatore's Semmedu Village here.
The Forest Department informed that the carcass of the mal was found this morning at the farmland of Semmedu Village near Alandurai in Boluvampatti forest range. This village lies on the outskirts of Coimbatore, a city in Tamil Nadu.
The elephant calf was found trapped in an electric fence. The Forest Department officials are investigating the cause of death.
( With inputs from ANI )
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