Elephant dies of electric shock in Saptari (Nepal)
Khabarhub
January 9, 2021
See link https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/09/155108/ for photo.
KATHMANDU: A wild elephant has been electrocuted to death at Amaha in
Khadak municipality-5, Saptari on Saturday morning.
The electric fencing installed by the locals to ward off the wild elephants
at night has led to the death of the tusker. The male elephant has died of
electric shock, ranger of the Division Forest Office, Saptari, Laxman Safi
confirmed.
The elephant that came into the village from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife
Reserve was electrocuted as it tried to enter the human settlement in the
municipality, according to police inspector at the Area Police Office,
Kadarbona Birendra Paswan.
Meanwhile, a team from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve office is arriving
here to study the incident of the death of the elephant, Ranger Safi said.
The locals in the area had been terrorized of late with wild elephants
coming to the human settlements looking for food and ration.
https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/09/155108/
Elephant dies of electric shock in Saptari (Nepal)
Khabarhub
January 9, 2021
See link <https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/09/155108/> for photo.
KATHMANDU: A wild elephant has been electrocuted to death at Amaha in
Khadak municipality-5, Saptari on Saturday morning.
The electric fencing installed by the locals to ward off the wild elephants
at night has led to the death of the tusker. The male elephant has died of
electric shock, ranger of the Division Forest Office, Saptari, Laxman Safi
confirmed.
The elephant that came into the village from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife
Reserve was electrocuted as it tried to enter the human settlement in the
municipality, according to police inspector at the Area Police Office,
Kadarbona Birendra Paswan.
Meanwhile, a team from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve office is arriving
here to study the incident of the death of the elephant, Ranger Safi said.
The locals in the area had been terrorized of late with wild elephants
coming to the human settlements looking for food and ration.
https://english.khabarhub.com/2021/09/155108/