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D Manjunath, deputy conservator of forests (Ramanagar), confirmed the news to TOI and said they will be conducting postmortem on the animal within few hours. “We have decided to bury the elephant near the dam site, where it had taken shelter,” he added.
On Thursday, veterinarians had told TOI that Sidda was slowly recovering and learning to stand on its own. The death of Sidda has shocked wildlife lovers and environmentalists.
In November second week, a joint rescue operation by the Indian Army, Wildlife SOSand the Karnataka forest department resulted in successful moving the downed elephant Sidda into a specially designed structure where the Wildlife SOS veterinarians could provide long term treatment to the ailing elephant.