Hunsur: Airavata, a 46-year-old tusker, which was captured last year near Pachikallu Betta in Nelamangala taluk and housed at Mathigodu Elephant Camp in Nagarahole National Park, died of heart related ailment recently.
Project Tiger Director R. Ravishankar said that the elephant was also suspected to have died of Tuberculosis. He further said that the exact cause for the elephant’s death would be known only after post-mortem.






