Batabari Forest Range News Today

Two elephants were killed after they came in contact with illegally installed electric fences in Assam's Baksa district near the Bhutan border, a forest official said on Saturday. The incident happened in the Koroibari area near the Batabari Forest Range on Friday, he said. The elephants, both adult females, came down from the Bhutan Hills in search of food, he added. A

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This was the third incident of electrocution of elephants in Assam this year. Altogether, 90 elephants have been electrocuted in the state between 2011 and 2019