Three elephants have been found dead in different areas of Assam, official sources said here on Sunday.
The carcass of a wild elephant with its trunk, tail and tusk removed, was recovered from a reserve forest in Assam’s Kamrup (Metro) district on Sunday, forest officials said. An adult male elephant was electrocuted when it touched a 440 KV electric wire in Bhimorali area in Kopili forest range in Nagaon district while it was crossing the road with a herd of tuskers on Saturday.
The carcass of a wild elephant with its trunk, tail and tusk removed, was recovered from a reserve forest in Assam’s Kamrup (Metro) district on Sunday, forest officials said. An adult male elephant was electrocuted when it touched a 440 KV electric wire in Bhimorali area in Kopili forest range in Nagaon district while it was crossing the road with a herd of tuskers on Saturday.