Pesticide Ban Call For Around India's Kaziranga Park

The call follows the deaths of two pregnant elephants and other animals in tea estates around Kaziranga.

The national park is renowned for its varied wildlife, especially the tiger and the one-horned Indian rhino.

Officials say that mammals and birds were killed after eating grass that was contaminated by pesticides.

The two elephants ventured out of the park in search of food and ate grass which had been sprayed to kill red ants, officials say. Read the full report here.

Source: by Subir Bhaumik, BBC News, Kaziranga National Park.