Female elephant found dead in Cuttack

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KalingaTV News Network

Cuttack: Carcass of a female elephant was found at Paikerapur village under Khuntuni range in the district on Wednesday.

Some locals found the carcass of the 8-year-old jumbo near the cyclone shelter of the village and informed the forest officials.

Though the exact cause of the death of the pachyderm is yet to be known, police and forest personnel suspect that the animal might have died due to electrocution as a 33 KV electric wire has passed through the area. However, the exact reason behind the death of the elephant can be known post the autopsy.

“We got information about the elephant’s death from the locals. We do not know under what circumstances the animal has died. However, experts from OUAT (Bhubaneswar) will conduct the postmortem following which we will come to know the reason of the animal’s death,” said Khuntuni range officer.

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