32 ELEPHANTS FOUND DURING CENSUS IN B’NGIR
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A total of 32 elephants were found in the
Balangir Forest Division during the four-day Elephant Census-2017 which was
carried out from May 9 to 12.
According to forest office sources, out of the 32
elephants, there are five adult males (tuskers), 20 females, four sub-adults
and three calves.
While 31 elephants were sighted in the Salebhata
section of the Loisingha Forest Range, only one was spotted in the Larambha
section of the Patnagarh Forest Range.
The elephants were sighted at Gajar Munda (a big
water body) near Nuniapali and Kesipali village under the Salebhata section and
Larambha beat in the Patnagarh Forest Range.
A total of 25 Machans had been erected in the
Balangir, Loisingha, Deogaon, Patnagarh and Lathore Forest Ranges for the
elephant census.
DFO Rashmi Ranjan Nayak, ACF Goutam Naik,
Honourary Wildlife Warden Sudhir Mishra; Loisingha Range Officer Nabin Nanda
and Forester Sunil Mishra coordinated and monitored the census.
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