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CHANDIGARH: In many ways, the death of Chhatbir Zoo 's oldest living inmate, the male tusker Rajmangal, was a unique passage of the fallen spirit. Not just the mahouts, Rajmangal had touched the lives of many more staff members as he was off public display since the last two years due to ill health and unpredictable, sometimes violent, behaviour. "His body was not burnt like most of the zoo animals but buried due to scientific, humane and environment-friendly reasons. So, we buried Rajmangal as it was the most appropriate method,” said Sudhagar.Rajmangal leaves behind his widow, Hema. The Delhi zoo refused to entertain such a fearsome tusker but Chhatbir accepted the challenge to rehab him..