Pune Moti Elephant: Moti Hathi, who struggled everyday for life, finally died. Neither medicine nor prayer worked to save his life. Suffering from pain, Moti breathed his last yesterday i.e. on Saturday (February 18). The people taking care of his death are very sad. So right there, a panel of veterinary doctors did its post-mortem.
Moti was recently rescued and brought to Rampur in Uttarakhand. While alive, Moti carried people on his back for some money, but he had to pay a heavy price for it. Moti’s leg was fractured. Moti was found in January 2023 by Wildlife SOS in a very emaciated condition with a hoof separated from her leg. After which Moti was suffering from pain. The people of Indian Army and Wildlife SOS tried their best to save his life but did not get success.
Wildlife SOS started protection campaign
After the death of Moti the elephant, Wildlife SOS has started an online petition campaign. Under which the Environment Minister, Project Manager and ADG of Wildlife have been told to take action for the safety of captive elephants. So there, according to the news of The Print, Dr. E Gochlan of Wildlife Welfare Institute Wildlife SOS Wildlife said that Moti had become malnourished. There was also a lack of water in his body. His front right leg was very swollen. Apart from this, the hoof was also separated from the front left leg.
…and the buried pearl
On February 7, the army somehow made the elephant stand by preparing an iron structure, but its condition kept on deteriorating. On the third day itself, he again fell exhausted. After that he could not get up again. He died at 9 am on Saturday. CTR’s senior wildlife doctor Dushyant Sharma, veterinarian Himanshu Pangti and Ayush Uniyal did the post-mortem of his dead body. After this, he was buried on the same land by digging a pit with JCB.
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