Female elephant and calf electrocuted

The Hindu

June 2, 2008

Jamshedpur (PTI): A female elephant and her one-year-old calf were electrocuted near Dimna lake near here on Monday, a senior Forest officer said.

The incident occurred when the calf, which was walking ahead of its mother, came in contact with a low hanging live wire near Dimna lake.

The mother elephant rushed to rescue her child but she too came in contact, the Divisional Forest Officer (Dalma wild life sanctuary), Sidharth Tripathy said adding that both the elephants were killed on the spot.

However, three others elephants coming from behind were saved and attempt were on to drive them into the Dalma hills, he said. 00 Tripathy0said it was the first such incident in Dalma wildlife sanctuary.

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