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Vatsala, Madhya Pradesh's oldest elephant, dies at 100

Bhopal, July 9 (UNI) Vatsala, the oldest elephant in Madhya Pradesh and unofficially considered to be the world's oldest elephant too, died at the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) of the state. Unofficially, she was considered to be more than 100 years old
The cow was a legend and pride of the PTR.
Her birth was supposed to have taken place in the 1920s.
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