Elephant electrocuted near Bhavani Sagar Forest Range
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The tusker got here into contact with an electrical fence erected by a farmer; a search is on for the farmer
A tusker was electrocuted after it got here into contact with an electrical fence erected by a farmer near the Karachikorai forest check-post, near Bhavani Sagar Forest Range in Sathyamangalam Division, right here on Wednesday.
The plot of land, owned by Rajan (45), is positioned 200 metres away from the forest boundary and the farmer had erected a fence to guard his banana plantations from wild animals. On Tuesday evening, the elephant, believed to be 35 years outdated, tried to enter the sphere and got here into contact with the reside wire and received electrocuted.
On receiving info, forest officers inspected the spot and located the carcass. Officials from Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) inspected the spot to examine whether or not energy connection to the fence was illegally drawn from the home.
A group, led by K. Ashokan, wildlife veterinarian of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR), carried out a autopsy examination and samples of important organs have been lifted and despatched for laboratory evaluation. After the post-mortem, the tusks have been eliminated and the carcass was buried within the forest. A search is on to nab the farmer.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that the farmer had eliminated the electrical wires from the carcass, and so they have been later recovered by officers. This is the second elephant electrocution within the division in per week — on May 21, a 35-year-old tusker was electrocuted at a farm land at Kongarpalayam, near T.N. Palayam Forest Range, a case by which the farmer concerned was arrested.
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