Assam / Elephants electrocuted in Paddy Field

Two adult female elephants have been electrocuted in north-western Assam’s Baksa district on Friday night. Officials stated the incident came about in the Koroibari place close to the Batabari Forest Range withinside the district, wherein common man-animal conflicts were reported.

The elephants had come into touch with a live electric fence set up around a paddy field. The accused, recognized as Hareswar Daimary surrendered at the Singra police station. Officials stated he can be taken into custody for similarly research and booked beneath neath the Wildlife Protection Act.

Forest officers stated the elephants had come down from the hills of adjacent Bhutan for food. A character became killed and some others injured in a man-animal battle withinside the district close by on Thursday. “This is the 1/3 example of electrocution of elephants this year. We misplaced thirteen elephants due to unlawful electric powered fences set up through human beings to guard their crops,” a senior flora and fauna authentic stated.

From 2011 to 2019, a complete of 90 elephants were electrocuted in Assam. Poisoning and herbal calamities also are reasons for the death of elephants withinside the State. According to a Forest Department report, lightning had killed 18 elephants in imperative Assam’s Nagaon district in May this year.