Female Elephant Poisoned To Death

Sources said the viscera of the elephant was sent to the State Forensic Laboratory (SFL) in Ranchi. Its report has reached the Palamu tiger project directorate.

Confirming this, Kazmi said, "The female elephant was poisoned to death." According to the SFL report, organo phosphate poison was used to kill this elephant.

Kazmi said the poison was highly deadly and gave tremendous pain and agony to wild animals. "The female elephant had marks of terrible agony on her body. The survival rate is dismal in such poisoning," he said.

The poison could have been mixed in the herbs with mahua and gur. Asked if this casualty of the elephant is the result of the man-animal conflict, Kazmi said, "Very much. This elephant became a victim of man's animosity." Read the full report here.

Source: Times News Network, Daltonganj.