New Kerala.com
July 11, 2007
Siliguri, July 11: A bullet ridden cow elephant was found dead in Nepal's Bamondangi region bordering West Bengal's Naxalbari block in Darjeeling district today.
Eastern Nepal's Jhapa district veterinary S Sapkota while denying an earlier report saying the Royal Nepal Police shot dead the pachyderm, said the task and nails from carcass were removed. He said possibly the poachers were behind the killing of the female adult elephant for its task and nails. Three bullets were found from carcass, Mr Sapkota said confirming a post-mortem report.
Earlier a report said RNP shot at a group of 50 pachyderms to divert their route, which was later denied.
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