Baby elephant's carcass found in forest

Asela Kuruluwansa

The carcass of a baby elephant was found in a forest in Pitigoda, Udu Dumbara by officers of the Udu Dumbara Wildlife Department office on Saturday.

A Wildlife Department Spokesman said the baby elephant which was about 10 months old had no external injuries.

It may have belonged to the herd roaming in the Sanctuaries surrounding Victoria, Randenigala and Rantambe reservoirs.

A postmortem examination was due to be held yesterday to ascertain the cause of death.