Wild Life Group Writes To Ramesh Over Jumbo Killings

The carcasses of three cow elephants were spotted within the core area of the park, about 320 km from here Sunday. The jumbos are suspected to have been poisoned to death.

A few days ago, an adult tigress was also found dead with its skin, claws and teeth missing inside the core area, the secretary of the NGO Wild Life Society of Orissa, Biswajit Mohanty, told IANS.

He said he has written a letter requesting the minister to direct the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to set up a panel to monitor the situation in Similipal, one of India's first Project Tiger reserves. Read the full report here.

Source: Sify News, Bhubaneswar.