Elephants found dead minus tusks in India

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Elephants found dead minus tusks

OUR CORRESPONDENT

 

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26: The elephant toll continues to rise in Orissa,

the death of two jumbos in Angul and Sonpur districts taking the

figure to 13 in the past 45 days.

 

Villagers yesterday spotted the decomposed body of a tusker — which

bore injury marks — at Satkosia sanctuary in Angul. " The exact reason

of the death will be known after getting the viscera report, " said

divisional forest officer (wildlife), Angul, Sushant Nanda.

 

In Sonpur, too, villagers found a dead tusker in the Mahulkulia forest

near Sunapalli village yesterday. The elephant's carcass was

discovered three days after its death, said sources.

 

Tusks of both the elephants had been cut off, hinting at the role of

poachers in their deaths. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

 

" As the tusks have been cut off, it appears to be a clear case of

poaching, " said Ullunda range officer S.B. Udgata.

 

Chief wildlife warden Suresh Mohanty was not available for comment.