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»5 Elephants Die Within 13 Days in Odisha s Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Officials Blame Infected Water Bodies
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5 Elephants Die Within 13 Days in Odisha s Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Officials Blame Infected Water Bodies
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The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Sashi Pal said, the elephant deaths were due to some bacterial infection.
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Five elephants have died within a gap of 13 days inside Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Kalahandi district of Odisha, officials said. All the carcasses were found near water bodies, they said.
The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Sashi Pal said, the elephant deaths were due to some bacterial infection. The water bodies in the sanctuary may have been infected, he said.
Four elephants die within 11 days in Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha
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Published: Saturday, February 13, 2021, 10:22 [IST]
Bhawanipatna, Feb 13: At least four female elephants have died within 11 days at Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha s Kalahandi district, official sources said. The latest jumbo death was reported on Thursday when the forest officials found carcasses of a female elephant by the side of Ghusurigudi Nullha, a water body inside the sanctuary.
Similarly, one elephant death was reported on February 10 and 9 from the same Ghusurigudi area, the official said. According to information, the first such incident came to the light on February 1 after officials found a dead female elephant near Tentulipada village inside the sanctuary.
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Thousands of migratory birds from all over the world visit the wetlands in the state located at Pong Dam in Kangra district. Dinesh Parab/Outlook Ashwani Sharma 2021-02-08T22:38:47+05:30 1.08 Lakh Birds Counted At Himachal’s Pong Dam Wetland outlookindia.com 2021-02-08T22:41:56+05:30
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Thousands of migratory birds from all over the world visit the wetlands in the state located at Pong Dam in Kangra district.
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Residents of Kanakapura Road, Turahalli and Gubbalala held a protest on Wednesday morning against the state government’s decision to create a 400-acre tree park in the Turahalli Reserve Forest.
Protesting outside the Turahalli forest, they asked the government to immediately stop the excavation work inside the forest area.
A day after spotting earth excavators working along the forest’s periphery, residents took up cudgels asking the forest area to be left alone.
Abdul Aleem, co-founder of Changemakers of Kanakapura Road, said: “There is no point in converting an existing forest into a tree park by planting more trees. All one needs to do is to retain the forest and it will come up on its own.”