Elephant dies during delivery

BARGARH: An elephant was found dead near Matamath under Dechuan Reserve Forest area on Monday morning. It is learnt that it died while delivering a calf. Sources said a cattle grazer had spotted the elephant at Kulerkhol and informed the forest officials on Sunday. It seemed to be in pain and was bleeding.Bargarh DFO Rohit Kumar Lenka and Bhatli Ranger Anadi Das visited the spot and on the advice of experts left it to deliver the calf the natural way. However, the elephant was found dead on Monday morning and the death is being attributed to complications during the delivery.