Siddapur: Close on the heels of six elephants dying of electrocution in Kodagu, one more elephant died of the same cause yesterday taking the toll of elephants in July alone to seven.
A 12-year-old female elephant was electrocuted at Abyathmangala. A dry tree was found fallen on electricity wires and this might have caused the death. The carcass was spotted by some officials from Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC) when they had been to the spot to repair fallen power lines due to incessant rains in the district.
