Guest guest Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 ** *http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/01/10122061.html* ** *Published: 01/05/2007 12:00 AM (UAE)* At least 244 elephants killed in last three years *IANS * ** *New Delhi: After tigers and lions, it's the turn of elephants now. In the last three years at least 244 jumbos were killed in the country, with around half of them falling to poachers.* *Minister of Environment and Forests D. Raja informed parliament yesterday the elephants " were killed due to poaching, electrocution, man-animal conflict and mining related activities in the last three years " . * *Elephants are included in the Wildlife [Protection] Act 1972, which puts them on the protected category.* *In 2003-04, poachers killed 53 elephants, they killed 25 the following year and 39 in 2005-06. Similarly, 52 jumbos were electrocuted in 2003-04, 54 in 2004-05 and 12 in 2005-06.* *Man-elephant conflict has claimed the lives of seven elephants in the last three years and two were killed as a result of mining related activities in 2005-06. * *Rampant* *According to the government report, poaching of pachyderms is rampant in Assam with the state accounting for 39 such killings in the last three years. While 23 elephants were poached in Orissa, 19 were killed in this manner in Karnataka during the same period. A total of 117 elephants were poached in the last three years.* *Orissa tops the number of elephant deaths, accounting for 55 killings, followed by Karnataka with 52 and Assam, 48. * *Twenty were killed in Kerala and 19 in Meghalaya.* *Raja said his department has taken a number of steps to protect the endangered species.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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