Elephant painted pink for foreign artist's photoshoot dies due to natural causes

After controversy in Jaipur over an elephant painted pink for a foreign artist’s photoshoot went viral, reports emerged about the elephant’s death. It was a female elephant named Chanchal from Jaipur’s Hathi Gaon. A local handler said the 70-year-old elephant died of natural causes and there is no evidence linking her death to the photoshoot or the controversy surrounding it.