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💔🐘🌧️ ¡ADIÓS, GIGANTE CAÍDO! 😭🌿 Después de tres meses de lucha, esperanza y lágrimas, el elefante Sidda exhaló su último aliento… dejando atrás corazones rotos que se negaban a rendirse.

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👉 Cada día fue una batalla, cada caricia un intento desesperado por arrancarlo de las garras de la muerte. Pero al final, su cuerpo cansado dijo basta. 😢

Villagers and others offer prayers next to Sidda's body after he died of his injuries on a river bank on the outskirts of Bangalore, India

 

A man prays in front of Sidda's body after he died of his injuries in the early hours of Friday

 

The army had earlier sent 50 troops to build a special supportive frame for Sidda after hearing of his plight, and the bull had started to show signs of recovery

Sidda resting in the backwaters of the Manchanabele Dam where he had taken refuge after he broke his right leg while being chased by villagers in late August

 

Sidda was then rescued from the water by a team of wildlife experts in October and had been treated by Wildlife SOS vets since then

 

 

As well as his injuries, Sidda was also partially blind, with his impairment seen here as he lies on the ground fighting for his life

 

A crane lifts Sidda's body to place him on the ground for autopsy after he died of his injuries

 

A man feeds water to Sidda while he was still alive but deteriorating as he lay on his side before the special structure was built by the Indian Army

 

His condition later improved after he got back on his feet thanks to the special enclosure

His condition later improved after he got back on his feet thanks to the special enclosure

The troops with engineer specialists from the Madras Sappers Division spent days erecting the complex structure, with a pulley mechanism to lift and support Sidda

 

The stricken elephant was lifted into the new enclosure last month after spending weeks lying on his side, deteriorating further

 

Sidda, thought to be around 35 years old, was found stranded in a dam in Magadi, Ramanagara, with a broken leg

Sidda, thought to be around 35 years old, was found stranded in a dam in Magadi, Ramanagara, with a broken leg

For weeks, caring locals had been tending to the stricken bull, bringing him food, before rescue efforts began

In October, after weeks spent treating the animal in the water, a committee of experts was formed by the Karnataka Forest Department with help from charity Wildlife SOS

 

The experts decided Sidda needed to be pulled from the water for treatment and a gruelling four-hour operation was carried out

 

After sustaining his injury, the partially-blind elephant waded into a nearby ditch, using the natural buoyancy of the water to alleviate the pain in his fractured limb 

Sidda, who was adored by locals, did start to show promising signs of recovery when he was lifted from the dam but passed away on Friday after months of treatment

 

Before his supportive structure was built, he had been lying on his side for weeks and Wildlife SOS had said he was clearly suffering with a 'grave' prognosis

Sidda was only been able to stand with the help of a crane until the army came to his aid

 

Reports claim that anything up to 50 locals a day visited Sidda to watch the veterinary experts work round-the-clock to save him

 

⚡ “Lo intentamos todo, pero el amor no siempre vence al destino…” — confesó uno de sus cuidadores con la voz quebrada.