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Emphasising that there is a need to protect the elephants and forests, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to undertake an investigation into cases of elephant deaths and elephant poaching (S Manoj Immanuel v. Union of India and ors).