Odisha: Four Elephants Die Within 11 Days in Wildlife Sanctuary
The principal chief conservator of forest Sashi Pal said the jumbo deaths were due to some bacterial infection.
Representative image: Indian elephant bull in musth in Bandipur National Park. Credit: WIkimedia Commons/Yathin S Krishnappa
Environment13/Feb/2021
Bhawanipatna: 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 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, 2021 and February 9, 2021 from the same Ghusurigudi area, the official said.