A 22-year-old wild elephant that was captured in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Sunday died yesterday evening, just two days after it was trans-located to the Anamalai Reserve Forest. The elephant died while it was kept in captivity. Authorities say he did not take food ever since he was captured. Activists say an overdose of tranquilisers could have killed him. The Madras High Court has now ordered a post mortem by a team of veterinarians appointed by the Animal Welfare Board of India after the body sought an independent investigation into the elephant's death. Dr Chinny Krishna, Vice President of Animal Welfare Board of India, said, "Our team of doctors would reach there soon and the post mortem would then be conducted." Popularly called Madukarai Maharaj, over the last two years, the elephant had killed three people and damaged crops straying into villages. There was widespread demand to chase him away. Forest authorities had deployed three trained Khumki elephants to nab him. On Sunday he was tranquilised and moved to the Anamalai Reserve Forests. A senior forest officer, who did not want to be quoted, said, "The jumbo did not die due to overdose of tranquilisers. In that case he would have died immediately. Let's wait for the post mortem to identify the cause". sources- http://www.ndtv.com/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com
