The Forest Department has found the carcass of a female elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district and suspect that it died during a fight with other elephants, a Forest Department official said on Sunday.
The carcass was spotted on Saturday near a pond near Tukudand village in the Pratappur forest range, Pratappur Sub Divisional Officer (Forest) Ashutosh Bhagat said.
The forest staff on Friday night heard trumpeting sounds of a herd of 35 elephants in Pendari forest near Tukudand.
To check the status of the herd, the forest personnel went to the area on Saturday and found a female elephant dead, he said.
Prima facie it seemed the elephant died following a fight with other elephants. The post mortem report is awaited to ascertain the exact cause of the death, the official said.