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  • Female wild elephant dies of electrocution in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum

    By PTI

    CHAIBASA: A full-grown feminine elephant died of electrocution after it got here in touch with a high-tension dwell wire in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a forest official mentioned on Sunday.

    The native villagers noticed the physique of the wild elephant early on Sunday morning close to Hesadeepa forest and knowledgeable the forest division, the official mentioned.

    The pachyderm can be buried on the spot after autopsy, official mentioned.

    The wild elephant was shifting close to the forest when it got here in touch with the dwell wire hanging free, the forest division official mentioned.

    “We have taken up the issue with the electric department to rectify such loose wires but nothing was done as yet,” the official mentioned whereas describing the incident as “unfortunate”.

    Earlier, a full grown wild male tusker had been electrocuted after it got here in touch with a free high-tension dwell wire close to Bhatin village, about 35 km from Jamshedpur, in East Singhbhum district on December 13.

    CHAIBASA: A full-grown feminine elephant died of electrocution after it got here in touch with a high-tension dwell wire in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, a forest official mentioned on Sunday.

    The native villagers noticed the physique of the wild elephant early on Sunday morning close to Hesadeepa forest and knowledgeable the forest division, the official mentioned.

    The pachyderm can be buried on the spot after autopsy, official mentioned.

    The wild elephant was shifting close to the forest when it got here in touch with the dwell wire hanging free, the forest division official mentioned.

    “We have taken up the issue with the electric department to rectify such loose wires but nothing was done as yet,” the official mentioned whereas describing the incident as “unfortunate”.

    Earlier, a full grown wild male tusker had been electrocuted after it got here in touch with a free high-tension dwell wire close to Bhatin village, about 35 km from Jamshedpur, in East Singhbhum district on December 13.

  • Female elephant by chance electrocuted to demise in Odisha’s Deogarh

    By Express News Service

    DEOGARH: An grownup feminine elephant was discovered useless close to a farm land in Khilaberini village of Chadeimara panchayat underneath Reamal forest vary in Deogarh district on Thursday morning.

    According to studies, the carcass of the pachyderm was first noticed by the villagers who then knowledgeable the forest officers.

    Preliminary investigation revealed the elephant died because of electrocution after coming involved with a stay wire.

    However, official sources knowledgeable that the stay wire was not laid as a entice and that it was merely passing by means of the farm land, upon which the elephant may need by chance stumbled.

    The pachyderm was half of a big herd which had misplaced its means again within the wee hours of Thursday.

    The precise reason behind demise can be ascertained solely after postmortem. 

    ALSO READ | Royal Bengal tiger’s pores and skin seized from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve

    DEOGARH: An grownup feminine elephant was discovered useless close to a farm land in Khilaberini village of Chadeimara panchayat underneath Reamal forest vary in Deogarh district on Thursday morning.

    According to studies, the carcass of the pachyderm was first noticed by the villagers who then knowledgeable the forest officers.

    Preliminary investigation revealed the elephant died because of electrocution after coming involved with a stay wire.

    However, official sources knowledgeable that the stay wire was not laid as a entice and that it was merely passing by means of the farm land, upon which the elephant may need by chance stumbled.

    The pachyderm was half of a big herd which had misplaced its means again within the wee hours of Thursday.

    The precise reason behind demise can be ascertained solely after postmortem. 

    ALSO READ | Royal Bengal tiger’s pores and skin seized from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve

  • 60-year-old man out for a morning stroll killed by wild elephant in Palakkad’s Dhoni

    By Express News Service

    PALAKKAD: A 60-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant when he went for a stroll in Palakkad’s Dhoni village on Friday.

    Sivaraman, a local of Dhoni, had gone as ordinary for a stroll together with seven others at round 5.30 am. On seeing the elephant, all of the eight individuals ran helter-skelter. Sivaraman entered the paddy fields and the elephant chased him and stamped him to dying, in keeping with eye-witnesses. Sivaraman was unable to run via the paddy fields quick sufficient, they stated.

    Though the sexagenarian was rushed to the district hospital, his life couldn’t be saved.

    Dhoni is an space adjoining the forests however wild elephants are normally seen solely throughout the evening. Moreover, on seeing people, the tuskers normally rush again into the forests. But this time, it was a distinct story altogether with a tragic finish.

    Earlier, Kumki or captive elephants have been used to chase the wild elephants again to the forests. But these kumki elephants have now been despatched again to Wayanad.

    Following the dying of the person, a hartal was noticed by the CPM within the space on Friday demanding that the forest personnel be deployed to stop such assaults by wild elephants within the space.

  • Dead tusker towed to Mahanadi river financial institution, not recognized but

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: The Forest division on Monday managed to tow the grownup tusker’s carcass to Mahanadi river financial institution. Though the carcass was recovered after it washed ashore a sandbar at Satabati close to Jagatpur space of Cuttack on Sunday, forest officers managed to deliver it to the river financial institution after a number of hours of wrestle on the day. As it was already night, the postmortem shall be achieved on Tuesday and the report shall be submitted to the Wildlife headquarters, an official mentioned.

    However, it’s but to formally verify if it’s the identical tusker which was stranded within the river at Mundali barrage for practically 20 hours final week. The identification couldn’t be achieved as a result of delay in postmortem, mentioned an official of City Forest Division.

    Forest officers, nonetheless, mentioned that they imagine it to be the identical tusker that remained trapped as there was no report of every other elephant getting swept away within the flooded river between Friday and Sunday. Meanwhile, OTV cameraman Prabhat Sinha who was admitted to the ICU after capsizing of the boat throughout the elephant rescue operation was discharged from the SCB Medical College and Hospital on the day. OTV senior journalist Arindam Das and ODRAF’s scuba diver Sitaram Murmu had died within the operation.

  • 2 elephants run over by prepare in Odisha, railways and forest officers play blame sport

    By Express News Service
    BHUBANESWAR: two elephants have been killed after being hit by a parcel van close to Mahipani in Sundargarh district within the wee hours of Thursday.

    Sources stated the mishap befell at about 1.30 am when an elephant herd was crossing the railway tracks and the dashing prepare hit two feminine jumbos on the Down line between Bhalulata-Jaraikela beneath South Eastern Railway (SER) division.

    While one elephant was discovered mendacity in between Up and Down line, one other elephant received entangled with prepare after it got here beneath the eighth coach from engine. All 4 wheels of the entrance trolley of the parcel van (subsequent to the engine) received derailed after hitting the elephants.

    Forest officers blamed the loco pilot for the tragic demise of the elephants. They alleged that although railways was intimated concerning the motion of an elephant herd, the prepare was working at a excessive pace when it hit the elephants.

    Such was the pace of the prepare that one of many grownup feminine elephants was dragged by the prepare for almost 200 metre on the observe. Another five-year-old elephant that fell outdoors the observe after being hit by the prepare additionally succumbed to accidents hours after it was rescued, they stated.

    At round 1.24 am, the details about presence of the elephant herd close to the observe was up to date on the elephant monitoring app. The efforts, nevertheless, went in useless because the dashing prepare hit the pachyderms 10 minutes later.

    “Around 30 forest staffers were monitoring the elephant herd when it was crossing the railway track. Though caution order was issued on Wednesday evening about movement of the herd near the track, the train moved at a very high speed,” stated in-charge PCCF (Wildlife) Shashi Paul.

    The incident triggered a blame sport because the railway officers claimed the warning order didn’t point out concerning the pace restriction and the alert was for sharp lookout and blowing lengthy whistle, which the loco pilot adopted.

    Senior divisional industrial supervisor of Chakradharpur, Manish Pathak, stated it’s insensitive to play the blame sport on the demise of elephants. The prepare was working at 80 kmph when the motive force utilized the brake on seeing the elephants. A probe by a four-member crew of officers has been ordered and a meetingbetween the divisional railway supervisor and PCCF has been fastened on February 8 for higher coordination, he added.

    Paul stated Rourkela RCCF Bhanja Kishore Swain has submitted a preliminary investigation report, as per which a case will probably be registered and motion taken. Last December, dashing trains had killed two elephants on the 33-km Jujumara-Haribari railway observe within the Sambalpur Sadar forest vary.