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Its trunk was missing from the carcass.”After the postmortem, the carcass was left inside the reserve forest natural decay. There is a possibility that a tiger might have attacked the weak elephant. Coimbatore: A female elephant aged about 20 was found dead inside the reserve forest at Uliyur beat in Pethikkuttai section of Sirumugai forest range here on Friday.The partially decomposed carcass was spotted by a team of anti-poaching watchers attached to Sirumugai forest range while they were patrolling in Pethikkuttai section. Immediately, they alerted ranger Manoharan, who reached the spot along with veterinarian Thiyagarajan.Manoharan said the elephant had died one or two days ago. “The animal was not able to walk long distances, preventing it from collecting enough green fodder..