One-and-half-year-old elephant calf dies in Kerala, publish mortem to be carried out
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By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An elephant calf, aged one-and-half-years, died on the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre at Kottur in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The feminine elephant named Sreekutty was present in a collapsed state within the early hours of Monday.
The elephant had been dropped at the centre after a landslip close to Thenmala forest.
The purpose for the loss of life is but to be ascertained because the autopsy examination is scheduled to be held within the afternoon. The pathological report is required to verify if it was a viral or bacterial an infection that was accountable.
A crew of veterinarians and forest officers are on the Centre.
Earlier, many mahouts within the centre had contracted Covid-19.
