Tuskers stray into village near Annur
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April 16, 2021 15:03 IST
A team of staff from Sirumugai forest range spotted the tuskers at Pommalapalayam village at around 6 a.m. on Friday.
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A team of staff from Sirumugai forest range spotted the tuskers at Pommalapalayam village at around 6 a.m. on Friday. Two male elephants strayed into a village near Annur in Coimbatore district and attacked two cows on Friday morning, causing panic among the residents.
According to officials from the Forest Department, a team of staff from Sirumugai forest range spotted the tuskers at Pommalapalayam village at around 6 a.m. on Friday. These two elephants were already spotted on Thursday night and were sent back to Pethikuttai reserve forest, but had ventured outside again on Friday, the officials said.
The forest officers managed to guide the elephants, back into Pethikuttai forests at around 4.45pm on Friday, but the elephants injured two senior citizens gravely and two cows within 24 hours.
COIMBATORE: Residents of Bommalapalayam, a small village in Sirumugai, were in for a shock on Thursday evening after two wild elephants entered their fields and loitered from 4 pm on Thursday.
Residents stayed indoors and the streets of the village wore a deserted look.
The forest officers managed to guide the elephants, back into Pethikuttai forests at around 4.45pm on Friday, but the elephants injured two senior citizens gravely and two cows within 24 hours.
The carcass was found by a team of frontline staff. There was no injury on the carcass.
Officials said the cause of the death would be known after postmortem.
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