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Elephant deaths: HC seeks report by Dec 9

DNA News
November 16, 2008

BANGALORE: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the state and Central governments to submit by December 9, 2008 a comprehensive report on the spate of elephant deaths in the Nagarahole-Bandipur belt, especially the alleged killing of four pachyderms in Nanjangud taluk of Chamarajanagar district on November 5 last.

Hearing a suo motu public interest litigation, a division bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakran and Justice V G Sabahit said: "It is most unfortunate and inhuman. We should be ashamed of ourselves. We are the most cruel animals.''

Nine elephants have died in a span of seven days and the number is 25 for the last six months but the authorities are still clueless over the reason for the deaths.

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