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The video showed the petrol bomb hurled from a building on the animal injuring its ear. The elephant fled trumpeting in pain, they said. Later, it was found lying near a dam. The forest department veterinarians tried to revive it, but in vain. A postmortem was done.
A provisional diagnosis suggested that the septic fistula filled with pus and severe loss of blood leading to acute anaemia, hypovolemia resulted in shock and death of the 50-year-old tusker, though the burns on the ear have not been the cause of death, they said.
Netizens expressed their anguish in Social Media
Twitterati on Friday reacted with shock and fury after a video of an elephant being attacked with a petrol bomb in Tamil Nadu went viral. The tusker had died a couple of days ago due to its injuries.
This is reminiscent of the time when a pregnant elephant in the state died after eating fruit stuffed with crackers.
The recent incident had happened on Wednesday but the police did not release the video as it would hamper investigation. One person has been nabbed on suspicion and is being interrogated, sources said.
The video showed the petrol bomb hurled from a building on the animal injuring its ear. The elephant fled trumpeting in pain. Later, it was found lying near a dam. The forest department veterinarians tried to revive it, but in vain. A postmortem examination was carried out.
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A provisional diagnosis suggested that the septic fistula filled with pus and severe loss of blood leading to acute anaemia, hypovolemia resulted in shock and death of the 50-year-old tusker, though the burns on the ear have not been the cause of death, they said.
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