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Tuskers die due to thirst after roaming 50 km in Ramanagara for water

The two elephants died due to dehydration and heatstroke, barely 35 km from the metropolitan area of Bengaluru. The remains of the first elephant, a 30-year-old tusker, were found in Yalavanatha village. While, the second tusker, a young male of age 14 years, was found dead in Bettahalli. According to the scientists from the Centre for Ecological Studies at the Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, elephants' deaths would have resulted from feeding of dry forage.