Elephant succumbs to bait-bomb injury, starvation (Odisha)
The New Indian Express
April 26, 2024
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https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Apr/26/odisha-elephant-succumbs-to-bait-bomb-injury-starvation
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A tusker aged eight to 10 years, with fatal internal mouth injuries caused
from bursting of a bait-bomb, died a slow and painful death in the K Balang
section of the Banki range under Rourkela Forest Division (RFD) of
Sundargarh district late on Tuesday night.
The elephant which had migrated from elsewhere, was under the watch of the
forest personnel when it died inside a low-height water body.
Rourkela divisional forest officer (DFO) Jaswant Sethi informed, field
forest personnel located the sick elephant in the K Balang section on
Monday after it entered the RFD limits through Koida and Barsuan forests.
“On Tuesday veterinary doctors of Sundargarh and Angul districts started
treatment of the elephant, but it could not be saved. The mandible and
tongue were damaged and blackened. From investigation it appeared the
injuries were caused from explosion of bait-bomb as a result of which the
pachyderm was not able to eat anything for at least a month,” the DFO
stated.
The autopsy report also confirmed injuries due to bait-bomb explosion and
its intestines were completely empty, the officer said adding, “Bait-bomb
is usually used to hunt small animals like wild boars and the modus
operandi is more noticeable in the Pallhara, Angul and Dhenkanal belts.”
Sethi also said after several elephants died of electrocution and the
Forest Department initiated strict enforcement against use of electric
fences to prevent animals from damaging crops, villagers in some pockets
have switched to the use of bait-bomb.
A bait-bomb is packed in a ball of wet flour or other food to attract
animals and the tusker might have damaged its mouth while chewing it.
Though it is not yet clear from where the elephant came to the RFD limits
and when it suffered the injuries, from its appearance and autopsy report,
it can be concluded the giant jumbo was sick for at least a month, Sethi
further stated.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Apr/26/odisha-elephant-succumbs-to-bait-bomb-injury-starvation
Elephant succumbs to bait-bomb injury, starvation (Odisha)
The New Indian Express
April 26, 2024
See link
<https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Apr/26/odisha-elephant-succumbs-to-bait-bomb-injury-starvation>
for photo.
A tusker aged eight to 10 years, with fatal internal mouth injuries caused
from bursting of a bait-bomb, died a slow and painful death in the K Balang
section of the Banki range under Rourkela Forest Division (RFD) of
Sundargarh district late on Tuesday night.
The elephant which had migrated from elsewhere, was under the watch of the
forest personnel when it died inside a low-height water body.
Rourkela divisional forest officer (DFO) Jaswant Sethi informed, field
forest personnel located the sick elephant in the K Balang section on
Monday after it entered the RFD limits through Koida and Barsuan forests.
“On Tuesday veterinary doctors of Sundargarh and Angul districts started
treatment of the elephant, but it could not be saved. The mandible and
tongue were damaged and blackened. From investigation it appeared the
injuries were caused from explosion of bait-bomb as a result of which the
pachyderm was not able to eat anything for at least a month,” the DFO
stated.
The autopsy report also confirmed injuries due to bait-bomb explosion and
its intestines were completely empty, the officer said adding, “Bait-bomb
is usually used to hunt small animals like wild boars and the modus
operandi is more noticeable in the Pallhara, Angul and Dhenkanal belts.”
Sethi also said after several elephants died of electrocution and the
Forest Department initiated strict enforcement against use of electric
fences to prevent animals from damaging crops, villagers in some pockets
have switched to the use of bait-bomb.
A bait-bomb is packed in a ball of wet flour or other food to attract
animals and the tusker might have damaged its mouth while chewing it.
Though it is not yet clear from where the elephant came to the RFD limits
and when it suffered the injuries, from its appearance and autopsy report,
it can be concluded the giant jumbo was sick for at least a month, Sethi
further stated.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Apr/26/odisha-elephant-succumbs-to-bait-bomb-injury-starvation
