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GUWAHATI: A three-member team of the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) will visit the Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve, where an elephant calf died in the Joypur range due to anthrax, whose source remains unknown.
The infection was confirmed after the post-mortem of the calf, which was found dead on December 2. Home to over 200 elephants, the forest department has vaccinated about 700 animals to prevent the spread of the infection. “The three-member environment ministry team will arrive on December 15 or 16 to take the update on the situation of the infection. We have vaccinated about 200 animals a day. An programme is on to raise awareness among people,” Dibrugarh divisional forest officer (DFO), Pradipta Baruah, told TOI.
Assam: Two elephants die of anthrax, authorities try to trace source
Anthrax is a highly infectious zoonotic disease found primarily in herbivorous animals. Following the two deaths, the forest department has launched a vaccination drive and is trying to trace the source of the infection Updated: December 10, 2020 8:40:08 pm
Two elephants died of anthrax in Assam s Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary. (Representational image / Express)
On December 3, a female elephant calf was found dead, blood oozing out of its mouth, trunk and anus, in the Joypur range of Assam’s Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary. Two days later, about a kilometre away, another elephant carcass a female adult was found in a similar condition. Fearing an outbreak of the anthrax disease, samples were collected by the authorities, and both the pachyderms were cremated at the spot shortly after they were found.