Cuttack: A female elephant succumbed to a bullet injury at Dalijoda Reserve Forest near Choudwar in Cuttack district on Monday.
According to reports, the elephant was shot on the right leg by a poacher four days ago at a forest near Banjhiama village in Mangarajpur panchayat area.
On being informed by locals, Forest Department officials visited the spot and made arrangements for the injured elephant to be treated by some staffers of Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar.
However, the jumbo succumbed to its injuries while undergoing treatment.