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The Elephant rescued from slush in Nilgiris district dies on last Saturday

A 25-year old female elephant, rescued after it was stuck in slush, died on last Saturday in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. There were totally five elephants found died in the last one week while taking the number of elephant deaths in neighbouring Nilgiris District.

The elephant got trapped in the slush in Karugudi forest range while roaming in search of water on February 23.

On being alerted by locals, forest department personnel rush to the spot and rescued the elephant which had suffered some injuries. They took it to the camp for treatment.

However, the elephant died on Saturday afternoon without responding to treatment, forest department people said.

This was the 5th elephant to die in the MTR area in the last one week. Earlier, three elephants were found dead due to suspected starvation, while another for a search of water, they added.