Story/place-Near uttarakhand.
Nov 5, 2010,
DEHRADUN: A 25-year-old tusker, battling for its life after an express train knocked it down near Uttarakhand's Lalkuna on October 21, succumbed to its injuries on Thursday. The elephant had fractured its hip-joint and thigh and was fighting for its life in the forest with a large team of veterinarians virtually turning the area into an open-air ICU.
Sources said the vets tried their best to save the tusker, but it had developed a serious lung infection and blood clot.
Dr J L Singh, who conducted the tusker's post-mortem along with Dr A K Sattoo, said the tusker had suffered supracondyle femur fracture. "It also suffered excessive bleeding and septicemia that killed the animal," he said.
The Uttarakhand forest department had briefly considered petitioning the Union environment and forests ministry for the tusker's mercy killing. But the elephant fought back bravely and the officials had hoped that it'll survive. Earlier, they had followed the injured animal 12km inside the forest, got a small crane to move it and had floodlights installed to work on saving the jumbo.
source-timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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