Another elephant killed by bullets. This time it was a three-year-old male whose carcass was found in Odisha
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himAnother elephant killed by bullets. This time it was a three-year-old male whose carcass was found in Odisha, a state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal and according to officials, it is the fault of the poachers.
Last Wednesday, while picking mushrooms, some women from Dakapadar village near Mundeswara forest in Boudh district saw the carcass of an elephant lying on the ground. Obvious rifle shots, but if his fangs were still intact. The elephant's body was seized by the authorities.
The alarming fact is that this is the third case of poaching in a few days. Previously, three elephants - a male, a female and a baby elephant - had also died in Odisha after being trapped in the electrified wire fence that poachers had built to trap the wild boars.
2 elephants fall to poaching in #Orissa Tusk missing. Every such incident should be a wake up call to us. We can’t let this carry on.. I hope culprits will be arrested & better protection to our wildlife will be provided @Naveen_Odisha @PrakashJavdekar pic.twitter.com/3N5D6G6Oob
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) June 16, 2020
The tusks that feed the ivory black market were then removed from the electrocuted elephants. Now, the government has suspended two forest rangers for negligence. These deaths, in fact, have raised numerous doubts about the real defense of these majestic animals, increasingly at risk due to both habitat loss and poaching. Conservation groups say more than 2019% of elephants have died from unnatural causes since April 50.
“The number of dead adult elephants has increased. The state is rapidly losing breeding males, about 20 each year. This threatens the sustainability and health of our pachyderm population, notes noted environmentalist Biswajit Mohanty.
Fonti: Hindustan Times/The New Indian Express
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