Odisha: 1 More Jumbo Dies In Kalahandi, Counts Mounts To 3 In 11 Days | OTV News
2 min read Kalahandi: Jumbo demise continues unabated in Odisha as yet another full-grown elephant was discovered lifeless on the Karlapata wildlife century within the district on Friday morning.
The carcass of the enormous was discovered close to the Ghusuri Ghudi waterfall in Kalahandi south forest division of the Karlapata wild life century.
Divisional Forest Officer, T. Ashok Kumar has reached the spot and ordered a preliminary inquiry as it’s for the third time in 11 days a lifeless elephant has been discovered within the sanctuary.
According to the sources, groups of forensic and Wildlife and Animal Resources consultants have reached the place and began the autopsy of the physique to seek out out the reason for demise.
Kumar advised reporters that as per preliminary findings it’s suspected the elephant had been contaminated with Haemorrhage Septicaemia, a viral illness, which triggered the demise.
It’s price mentioning right here that on February 1 and eight the carcasses of two extra elephants had been discovered on the identical spot which has puzzled forest division officers to attribute a believable trigger to the phenomenon.
On February 17 final 12 months Bikram Keshari Arukha, Odisha’s Forest and Environment minister had said within the flooring of the Odisha Assembly that between 2016-2019, 246 elephants had died as a consequence of varied causes corresponding to unintentional electrocution, illness, accidents involving trains and different automobiles, pure and different causes.
Nevertheless, regardless of claims of a number of initiatives undertaken by the federal government for the conservation and safety of elephants within the state, the spate of deaths has raised a giant query mark over the efficacy of such strikes.
