Centre begins probe into death of 10 elephants in MP’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

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Police unit and different officials astatine the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve aft the decease of elephants. (PTI)

A squad of the Union Environment Ministry’s Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, which investigates wildlife crimes successful the country, has been tasked with probing the decease of 10 elephants successful Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.

This volition beryllium autarkic of the probe started by a five-member squad of the Madhya Pradesh government, which is headed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife).

“The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has constituted a squad to analyse the decease of 10 elephants successful Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh. The squad is conducting an autarkic enquiry successful the matter,” said a connection issued by the national situation ministry.

Prime facie, determination are indications that the elephants died owed to toxin poisoning. This is being attributed to the Kodo millet crop they raided and consumed.

Prior to the Centre’s determination to initiate a probe done WCCB, the Additional Director General of Forests (Project Tiger and Elephant) and Member Secretary, National Tiger Conservation Authority, had already visited the tiger reserve connected Friday on with the authority’s Nagpur officials.

Earlier connected Tuesday, patrolling unit astatine the tiger reserve initially recovered 4 elephants dormant successful the Salakhaniya bushed of Khitauli and Pataur halfway ranges. Six different pachyderms were besides recovered successful a captious state. By Thursday, the decease toll mounted to 10, of which 1 was antheral and the remainder each females. “Further, amongst the 10 dormant elephants, six were juvenile/subadults and 4 adults,” an situation ministry enactment stated.

The postmortem of the elephants was done by a squad of 14 veterinarians. Their viscera has been sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh and State Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, for toxicological and histopathological investigations.

“The last origin of decease shall lone beryllium ascertained aft done enquiry, elaborate Postmortem reports, results of histopathological and toxicological reports and different corroborative evidences. Further, preventive measures are being taken to debar specified incidents and monitoring of different elephant herds successful and astir Bandhavgarh reserve has been enhanced,” the situation ministry connection added.

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