COIMBATORE: A wild elephant slipped and fell from a height of around 70 feet to death in Coonoor on Friday.
The female elephant, aged around 15 years, was found dead in a ravine. It is suspected that the elephant had gone in search of food near waterfalls on the sixth hairpin bend on Coonoor-Mettupalayam National Highways when it slipped and fell from a height of 70 feet.
On receiving information, a team led by Coonoor Forest Range Officer N Ravindranath visited the spot, and veterinarians performed a post-mortem.
Meanwhile, 69-year-old Nagamma was killed in an elephant attack in Kelamangalam in Krishnagiri. The forest department gave a compensation of Rs 50,000 to the kin of the deceased.