Elephant death report by Feb 10

Express News Service
26 Jan 2009

BANGALORE: The State Forest Department’s report on the recent elephant deaths is ready and will be presented to the High Court before February 10, officials said.

Officials at the department told The New Indian Express: “The department had formed two teams to constitute this report.

One headed by Asia’s elephant expert Sukumar, who is a professor at the Centre for Ecology and Environmental Studies and the other headed by retired director of the Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals (IAHVB), Dr Gopal. Sukumar was asked to look into the habitat and land of elephants in the state, while Dr Gopal was asked to look into the mananimal conflict and how best it can be avoided in future, they said.

Dr Gopal said: “Since, I am a wildlife veterinarian, I was asked to probe the cause of deaths of these pachyderms.

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