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Two elephants die in west TN amid anthrax scare
Tuesday, 27 December 2016
PTI
Udhagamandalam: Two more elephants died in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts of Tamilnadu yesterday amid an anthrax scare triggered by the death of two other jumbos recently, officials said.
While a nine-year old male elephant died following a sudden illness in a camp in nearby Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Nilgiris district, an elephant calf was found dead in Sirumugai forest range in Coimbatore district last morning.
Though the cause of the death of the two would be known only after post-mortem, it was suspected the elephant that died in MTR could have been suffering from anthrax, a highly infectious animal disease, prompting forest officials to take steps to shift all 23 elephants in the camp to nearby areas.
The nine-year old elephant suddenly developed dysentery early yesterday and died in the afternoon, officials said.
A 26-year-old female had died in a similar manner in the camp last month...
Two elephants die in west TN amid anthrax scare
Tuesday, 27 December 2016
PTI
Udhagamandalam: Two more elephants died in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts of Tamilnadu yesterday amid an anthrax scare triggered by the death of two other jumbos recently, officials said.
While a nine-year old male elephant died following a sudden illness in a camp in nearby Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Nilgiris district, an elephant calf was found dead in Sirumugai forest range in Coimbatore district last morning.
Though the cause of the death of the two would be known only after post-mortem, it was suspected the elephant that died in MTR could have been suffering from anthrax, a highly infectious animal disease, prompting forest officials to take steps to shift all 23 elephants in the camp to nearby areas.
The nine-year old elephant suddenly developed dysentery early yesterday and died in the afternoon, officials said.
A 26-year-old female had died in a similar manner in the camp last month...