Blackened Mouths, Bloody Nostrils...Three Jumbos Poisoned

The carcasses of the jumbos were spotted within the core area of the park Sunday, park field director H.S. Upadhyaya told IANS adding the jumbos were poisoned.

In April last year, about seven elephants were found dead in the same park, prompting union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to send a team of experts for a field visit.

Poachers might have kept poisoned food targeting tuskers - male elephants - which was instead consumed by female elephants, Upadhyaya said. The carcasses had blackened mouths and there was blood coming out of the nostrils, he said. Read the full report here.

Source: Sify News, Bhubaneswar.