Digboi: One more carcass of a mature wild elephant was found here at Kotha Gaon under Jagun Forest range of Digboi Division in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Monday morning.
The female elephant suspected to be in its 40s bore some injury marks raising concerns among the local wildlife lovers and environmentalist.
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‘The creature might be ailing as there was a tumour noticeable and pus ozing out from an infected area of the body’, said Promod Phukan the Incharge Jagun Forest range who rushed to the site and observed the necessary formalities before cremating the wildlife asset.
It is suspected that that innocent creature might have emerged out of the nearby Kotha Reserve Forest along the Mighty Dehing river inquest of fodder close to human habitation belt.
However, a post-mortem is being conducted to determine the exact cause.
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Meanwhile, following the recurring death of wild elephants at various locations of the division, the wildlife activists have expressed great concern terming the incidents as ‘ severe threat to elephant population in the region ‘.
‘No matter what leads to the regular death of elephant in the region, the officials and departments are nodoubt seen always prompt to perform the post death formalities and maintain statistics ‘, said Faruk Ali one of the snake wrangler of the division.
‘Earlier I had personally apprised both the Doomdoma and Digboi forest division about a worst infected elephant roaming about in Dwarmara -Digboi oil field areas in need of immediate treatment but in vein. The department’s helplessness with multiple reasons finally exposed their seriousness towards the cause ‘, added Mr Ali while speaking to the North East Now on Monday.
Needless to say that the division has lost three wild elephants in a row within 32 days – the figure being in escalation might soar up if serious intervention in not made at the right earnest.
However, the unwarranted and rapid death of the wildlife creatures have genuinely raised pertinent questions on the modus operandi and mechanisms followed at the ground zero by the respective forest rangers to protect, preserve and promote the elephant populations.