The tusker was translocated a couple of days ago from North Kaveri Wildlife sanctuary in Hosur to Mangalapatty area of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR), they said. The animal was being monitored by a joint team of MTR and STR field staff lest it strayed into villages, the officials said.
The forest department was happy that the elephant had well-adjusted to its new home and was being continuously tracked and spotted by the team till Wednesday evening.
But this afternoon, the animal was found dead near Thattalatty falls coming under Masinagudi division, press release from MTR deputy director said. However, the tusks of pachyderm were intact.
Since the spot is quite interior, the postmortem is being arranged for Friday, the release said. On July 2, three elephants were found dead at different spot: One was found dead 45 km from Coimbatore; the second spotted 20 km away; and the third in a private bamboo resort in Nilgiris district.
