Live Capture: Mysuru's Famed Dasara Elephant Drona Dies Of Heart Attack | WGWCT

Live Capture: Mysuru's Famed Dasara Elephant Drona Dies Of Heart Attack | WGWCT

The 39-year-old male tusker, Drona, collapsed and died at the Thithimathi Elephant Camp in Karnataka's Nagarahole National Park on Last Friday.

Madikeri: 39-year-old elephant 'Drona' died at Thithimathi Elephant Camp in Nagarahole National Park earlier today.

He carried 'golden howdah' at Dasara procession in Mysuru for a record 18 consecutive years.

Drona was captured in 2014 from Medahalli Forest Range in Hassan district and had participated in famed Mysuru Dasara on two occasions.

Described as a 'gentle giant' by mahouts and was also used to capture and tame other rogue elephants.

Drona died at a relatively young age, considering elephants live will upto 60-70 years. Its death has once again highlighted how captive elephants die young in alarming numbers.

Most of the deaths have been reported from Kerala where 33 captive elephants died in 2018.

In most of the cases, eranda kettu, a digestive disorder which results in the elephant stops taking food, leading to prolonged weakness and eventual death.

According to medics, Eranda Kettu in captive elephants is triggered by long hours of standing, with no exercise, unlike those in the wild, which travels kilometers every day searching for food.

RIP Drona, you gentle, magnificent, intelligent elephant.. We Miss You..

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