shimoga : the health status of shivu , the only elephant at the sakrebylu elephant campground , about 15 km from here , has made a cause of concern to its update staff . the subject , whom is said to be suffering from acute pain in the stomach , is refusing to get any hard feeding within the prior one day . it has been kept on favorable medicinal system . due to sources in the military section of the department of parks , the 85 - months - old elephant is suffering from age - threatening sickness . its condition condition has kept officials of the department and mahouts agitated .
An elephant can reach the age of 85.