Orissa's Rich Wildlife Under Threat

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 10, October 2010

Wildlife activist Biswajit Mohanty, however, alleged that at least 386 elephants had died due to electrocution and poaching in the last 19 years because of the "callous" attitude of the authorities.

The recent mass killing of elephants in the protected Simlipal Tiger Reserve shows how local staff concealed and even destroyed bodies of dead elephants, claimed Mohanty. Read the full report here.

Source: Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar.

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