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Assam electric fences take toll, pregnant elephant latest casualty
Data shared by the Assam Forest Department show that the state saw 113 elephant deaths due to electrocution between 2009 and September 25, 2020, with several more casualties reported since. Updated: December 18, 2020 8:32:46 am
Assam Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said electrocution was a “dangerous villain”, but there was no easy solution.
ELECTRIC fences put up by villagers to protect their crops and homes from wandering pachyderms claimed three more elephants in Assam’s Chirang district this month, with the last one on Wednesday. Officials said the one killed on Wednesday was pregnant.
This takes the number of elephants killed in similar incidents since August in the vicinity of the Manas National Park, amid a growing human-elephant conflict, to six. “At least five elephants have been electrocuted in Chirang alone since August. Villagers steal p
Pregnant elephant dies due to electrocution in Assam s Chirang ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 06:56 IST
Chirang (Assam) [India], December 18 (ANI): A 20-year-old pregnant elephant died on Wednesday due to electrocution in Sikajhora village, Chirang district.
Brahmananda Patiri, District Forest Officer (DFO) said that six elephants have died due to electrocution since August. Six elephants have died due to electrocution since August. Along with the electricity department, we have made banners to spread awareness among locals to prevent such incidents, he said. (ANI)