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Female elephant found dead in Mayurbhanj

Baripada: One female elephant was on Saturday found dead near village Lalpani under Dukuna forest range on the foothills of Similipal in Mayurbhanj district. The forest officials suspect that the 12-year-old female elephant might have been poisioned by some poacher. The decomposed body was lying near a water body, said Bijay Kumar Nayak, the divisional […]

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Published: 02 Dec 2012, 09:52 AM IST
Last updated: 02 Dec 2012, 09:52 AM IST

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Baripada: One female elephant was on Saturday found dead near village Lalpani under Dukuna forest range on the foothills of Similipal in Mayurbhanj district.

The forest officials suspect that the 12-year-old female elephant might have been poisioned by some poacher. The decomposed body was lying near a water body, said Bijay Kumar Nayak, the divisional forest officer (DFO), Baripada.

The DFO said the postmortem report would reveal the cause of the elephant's death.

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