Skeletal Remains of Another Elephant Found with Missing Tusks in Odisha
(India)
Odisha Bytes
June 15, 2022
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https://odishabytes.com/skeletal-remains-of-elephant-sans-tusks-found-in-odishas-athagarh-forest-division/
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BHUBANESWAR: The day when a tusker succumbed to gunshot injuries, skeletal
remains of one more elephant were exhumed from Chandragiri reserve forest
under Badamba range of Athagarh forest division in Odisha’s Cuttack
district.
“Forest staff of Athagarh Division recovered the body parts of an elephant
from Chandragiri reserve forest of Janipadar beat of Badamba Range near
Kharod village on June 14,” Athagarh DFO Sudarshan Gopinath Yadav informed
on Wednesday.
The remains, which appear to be part of a male elephant, were discovered
while the forest officials were investigating the cases of recovery of body
parts of two elephants in Badamba range, he said
No tusks were recovered from the site, Yadav said, adding that an
investigation has been launched into this case to trace the accused.
Notably, decomposed carcasses of two jumbos were recovered from Athagarh
forest division recently. Tuesday saw a tusker succumbing to gunshot
injuries after battling with life for nearly three weeks. It was found near
a rivulet in Narasinghapur forest range under Athagarh forest division and
was shot at five to six places on its body including head, trunk and leg.
According to Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) and Animal Welfare Trust
Ekamra, Odisha, 133 elephants have been poached or poisoned, 144
electrocuted, 36 mowed down by trains and 6 killed by speeding vehicles on
the road since April 2010.
They also accused the Forest department of attempting to conceal elephant
carcasses or cover up the cause of the death in numerous cases of late.
https://odishabytes.com/skeletal-remains-of-elephant-sans-tusks-found-in-odishas-athagarh-forest-division/
Skeletal Remains of Another Elephant Found with Missing Tusks in Odisha
(India)
Odisha Bytes
June 15, 2022
See link
<https://odishabytes.com/skeletal-remains-of-elephant-sans-tusks-found-in-odishas-athagarh-forest-division/>
for photo.
BHUBANESWAR: The day when a tusker succumbed to gunshot injuries, skeletal
remains of one more elephant were exhumed from Chandragiri reserve forest
under Badamba range of Athagarh forest division in Odisha’s Cuttack
district.
“Forest staff of Athagarh Division recovered the body parts of an elephant
from Chandragiri reserve forest of Janipadar beat of Badamba Range near
Kharod village on June 14,” Athagarh DFO Sudarshan Gopinath Yadav informed
on Wednesday.
The remains, which appear to be part of a male elephant, were discovered
while the forest officials were investigating the cases of recovery of body
parts of two elephants in Badamba range, he said
No tusks were recovered from the site, Yadav said, adding that an
investigation has been launched into this case to trace the accused.
Notably, decomposed carcasses of two jumbos were recovered from Athagarh
forest division recently. Tuesday saw a tusker succumbing to gunshot
injuries after battling with life for nearly three weeks. It was found near
a rivulet in Narasinghapur forest range under Athagarh forest division and
was shot at five to six places on its body including head, trunk and leg.
According to Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) and Animal Welfare Trust
Ekamra, Odisha, 133 elephants have been poached or poisoned, 144
electrocuted, 36 mowed down by trains and 6 killed by speeding vehicles on
the road since April 2010.
They also accused the Forest department of attempting to conceal elephant
carcasses or cover up the cause of the death in numerous cases of late.
https://odishabytes.com/skeletal-remains-of-elephant-sans-tusks-found-in-odishas-athagarh-forest-division/