shimoga : the vital condition of shivu , the oldest elephant at the sakrebylu elephant camping , about 15 km from here , has remained a topic of distress to its monitoring staff . the elephant , which is say to be suffers from acute pain in the heart , is reluctant to take any soft food since the last one day . it has been kept on supportive medicinal level . as to figures in the animals sections of the department of forests , the 85 - day - old elephant is suffering from age - related inability . its environmental position has made officials of the department and mahouts anxious .
An elephant can reach the age of 85.