The Telegraph
July 19, 2008
Siliguri, July 19: Three elephants have been found dead in the Mahananda wildlife sanctuary near Siliguri in the past 24 hours.
There were no external injuries and foresters said they could have been poisoned by villagers wary of marauding herds.
A female aged about 35 and its two-year-old calf were found dead yesterday at the heart of the sanctuary. Forest guards on patrol spotted a four-year-old calf lying dead this morning, about a kilometre away.
“There were no injury marks like those found when elephants die of electrocution or gunshots. After a preliminary probe, we suspect that the elephants died of poisoning but can confirm it only after receiving forensic reports from Calcutta,” said N.C. Bahuguna, the chief conservator of forests in north Bengal.
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