Carcass of a female  elephant  found

By Akshya Rout

Jajpur, Aug 10:  The carcass  of a  female  elephant  was  recovered from  the Mahagiri forest  under Sukinda range of Jajpur district on  Tuesday evening.

The carcass   of the   elephant aged about 30 years  was  spotted by local residents on  Tuesday  near  Patapur forest beat under Sukinda  forest   range  , who informed the forest officials.  As per the preliminary investigation, the carcass  of the elephant was  eight   to   ten  days back, ” said  Bipin Bihari Chaudhury, the   forest range officer of Sukinda .

A team of forest officials rushed to the spot and sent the carcass  for an autopsy. A veterinary team conducted a postmortem of the carcass and samples of its lungs, intestine and bone marrow were sent to  Centre for Wildlife Health at Odisha  University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT ), Bhubaneswar for testing. After getting the report from    OUAT we will know the exact reason behind the death of  the elephant, added the forest officer.