Udhagamandalam:
A seriously injured elephant, under treatment at a town in Nilgiris district, died on Tuesday after it was translocated to the nearby Theppakadu Elephant camp, forest department officials said.
The 40-year-old elephant was found lying near Maravakandy Dam on January 15 with a cut ear and was being treated in thattown.
However the wound worsened and there was puss formation,following which forest department officials and a veterinarian kept the pachyderm under observation and decided to shift into Theppakadu camp.
They used trained elephants to get the pachyderm onto a truck for the journey of about 20 km.
But soon after reaching there, the elephant breathed its last, the sources said.
