Dhenkanal: Poaching of elephants for their valuable tusks has claimed the life of one more jumbo in Dhenkanal district.
As per reports, poachers had shot an elephant at Kandhara jungle near Bhejia village under Hindol Forest Range in Dhenkanal district and fled from the spot by opening blank fire.
The night patrolling squad also resorted to blank firing but to no avail as poachers managed to flee with the tusks. The pachyderm is aged around 30.
Dhenkanal DFO Prakash Chand Gogineni said more than 10 poachers were involved and they had nine guns. It is suspected that the miscreants have fled away from the spot to Narasighpur area.
Forest Department has sent the carcass for post-mortem.
Elephants deaths in Recent Past
During the lockdown period, 14 elephants have died since March 24. Out of 14 elephant deaths reported from 10 forest and wildlife divisions, only two were natural. Four elephants died in Keonjhar division, two in Angul and one each in Keonjhar, Athagarh, Subarnapur, Bamra, Khurda, Balasore, Sundargarh and Boudh.
Also Read: Lockdown Turns Disaster For Odisha Elephants: 14 Dead Since March 24
Bhubaneswar: The Department of Clinical Hematology at Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here…
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has upheld the decision of the state government not to…
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Wednesday issued city intimation slip for the National…
Bhubaneswar: As Odisha is all set to encounter a long spell of extreme heat condition,…
Bhubaneswar: Anticipating a surge in traffic during the summer season, the East Coast Railway (ECoR)…
New Delhi: All railway passengers will get a confirmed ticket in the next five years,…
Bhubaneswar: Four persons, including a patient, were injured after an ambulance rammed into a private…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has expanded its free residential school programme for needy ST and SC…