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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Pesticide-laced grass kills pregnant jumbos

Pesticide-laced grass kills pregnant jumbos

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published Published on Oct 13, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 13, 2010

The Kaziranga National Park in Assam lost two pregnant cow elephants after they strayed into a nearby tea estate and consumed grass sprinkled with pesticides.

According to the officials from the reserve, one of the elephants died at Panbari, the elephant corridor across NH-37, and the other died 13 km away at Lengerapahar, under Dolamari range of the park, on Monday, they said.

The two elephants had ventured out of the park. Nearly 75 per cent to 80 per cent of the park happens to be submerged under water, following the monsoon.

The jumbos had ventured out of the park in search of food in the highlands of neighbouring Karbi Anglong hills, the officials said. In the process, they had entered Dipholu tea garden where the grass was sprayed with pesticides to kill red ants, sources said.

The bodies of the two elephants were taken away by the forest department, park sources said, adding, investigations into their death were going on.

The sources added that the park had lost three leopards in a similar manner about nine months ago. Some tortoises also got killed under similar circumstances. They apprehended that grass laced with poison is also becoming a ploy being used by the poachers in the vicinity of the park.

Even if the two pachyderms may not have been deliberately poisoned, the sources reminded that poisoning of animals was one of the methods adopted by poachers around the park. Since herbivores are attracted to salt, the poachers were using it to lure animals outside the park. The Kaziranga National Park has initiated strong anti-poaching measures to control the menace, informed the sources.

“We have increased the number of forest guards and anti-poaching camps have also been set up in new areas to add teeth to security measures. And since the poachers are finding it difficult to enter the reserved area, they are coming up with these new ideas to lure animals — rhinos, leopards, etc — out of the park and poison them, said the sources.

If tigers and other such animals consume the cattle, they would also die, due to heavy dose of poison. They pointed out that the villagers living in the vicinity frequently provide the poachers information regarding the whereabouts of rhinos, in exchange of money. Forest guards have been deployed to keep wildlife away from the area, which has since been placed under close watch, they added.


The Pioneer, 13 October, 2010, http://dailypioneer.com/289377/Pesticide-laced-grass-kills-pregnant-jumbos.html


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