💨 Abstract

A 66-year-old elephant named Mahendra, who was used for protecting timber and tigers in the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, has died due to old age-related weakness. Mahendra, brought from Rajiv Gandhi National Park in Karnataka in 2001, had received bullet injuries in a Maoist attack in 2012 and arrow hits by poachers.

Courtesy: theprint.in