By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR/ATHAGARH : One extra elephant on Friday fell to pellet accidents in Athagarh forest division the place an SIT investigation is underway right into a spate of jumbo demise cover-ups. This is the second such incident within the division in lower than two months. The tusker, aged round 25 years, had sustained a number of pellet accidents on its ear and head. It died because of septicemia resulting in a number of organ failure, knowledgeable a senior forest official.
The wounded elephant was first sighted in Narasinghpur East vary on Tuesday. Though a crew from Satkosia was despatched to tranquillise the jumbo and begin mandatory remedy, it couldn’t be accomplished because the pachyderm was in musth state. The crew additionally did not dart the tusker in its second try on Wednesday. However on Thursday, the elephant was tranquillised in Nuagarh reserve forest of Narasinghpur West vary.
The ailing tusker was handled by wildlife veterinary physician from Satkosia Kishore Mishra and his crew in presence of Athagarh DFO Sudarsan Gopinath Jadav, ACF Ghanashyam Muduli, Narsinghpur VS Bijaya Senapati, vary officer Prafulla Dehury and others. The veterinary docs reportedly discovered the pellets within the tusker’s physique and began remedy as per the protocol. It, nevertheless, proved ineffective because the jumbo died on Friday.
On June 14, an elephant had died because of pellet accidents within the forests of Narasinghpur after battling for all times for nearly three weeks. Following the incident, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had requested the State Forest division to probe the incident and take strict motion as per the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
The Athagarh division is within the eye of a storm over a number of circumstances of elephant demise cover-ups this 12 months. At least three forest ranger officers have been positioned below suspension and 4 forest employees arrested on this connection.
RCCF, Angul M Yogajayanand mentioned whereas prime accused, who’s the proprietor of an orchard, is absconding, his associates have been arrested in reference to the elephant demise on June 14. The RCCF mentioned a probe has been launched to hint the individuals accountable for the tusker’s demise case. “A thorough investigation will be carried out and strict action taken against those found involved,” he added.
BHUBANESWAR/ATHAGARH : One extra elephant on Friday fell to pellet accidents in Athagarh forest division the place an SIT investigation is underway right into a spate of jumbo demise cover-ups. This is the second such incident within the division in lower than two months. The tusker, aged round 25 years, had sustained a number of pellet accidents on its ear and head. It died because of septicemia resulting in a number of organ failure, knowledgeable a senior forest official.
The wounded elephant was first sighted in Narasinghpur East vary on Tuesday. Though a crew from Satkosia was despatched to tranquillise the jumbo and begin mandatory remedy, it couldn’t be accomplished because the pachyderm was in musth state. The crew additionally did not dart the tusker in its second try on Wednesday. However on Thursday, the elephant was tranquillised in Nuagarh reserve forest of Narasinghpur West vary.
The ailing tusker was handled by wildlife veterinary physician from Satkosia Kishore Mishra and his crew in presence of Athagarh DFO Sudarsan Gopinath Jadav, ACF Ghanashyam Muduli, Narsinghpur VS Bijaya Senapati, vary officer Prafulla Dehury and others. The veterinary docs reportedly discovered the pellets within the tusker’s physique and began remedy as per the protocol. It, nevertheless, proved ineffective because the jumbo died on Friday.
On June 14, an elephant had died because of pellet accidents within the forests of Narasinghpur after battling for all times for nearly three weeks. Following the incident, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had requested the State Forest division to probe the incident and take strict motion as per the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
The Athagarh division is within the eye of a storm over a number of circumstances of elephant demise cover-ups this 12 months. At least three forest ranger officers have been positioned below suspension and 4 forest employees arrested on this connection.
RCCF, Angul M Yogajayanand mentioned whereas prime accused, who’s the proprietor of an orchard, is absconding, his associates have been arrested in reference to the elephant demise on June 14. The RCCF mentioned a probe has been launched to hint the individuals accountable for the tusker’s demise case. “A thorough investigation will be carried out and strict action taken against those found involved,” he added.
