Three tuskers killed in Jharkhand
September 2nd, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANSRanchi, Sep 2 (IANS) Three elephants, including one calf, were killed after an electric wire fell on them in Jharkhand’s Khuti district early Friday, an official said.
“Three elephants — including two females and one baby — died due to electrocution at Tirla village of Khuti. The elephants came out from a nearby forest and hit an electric pole. The electric wire fell on them and they died,” forest ranger Kailash Ram told reporters.
The forest officials have conducted autopsy of the dead elephants.
In Jharkhand, more than 45 elephants have died due to electrocution in last seven years.
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- Committee to look into Orissa reserve elephant deaths - Aug 11, 2010
- Three killed in Tripura rainstorm - Apr 29, 2012
- Odisha intensifies probe into jumbo killings - May 08, 2012
- Outrage over baby elephant's killing in Assam - Oct 27, 2010
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