PREMATURE-BORN ELEPHANT DIES IN B’NGIR
Wednesday, 15 November 2017 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
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Even as farmers of Balangir, Loisingha and Deogaon blocks often get crops damaged due to movement of pachyderms yet the death of a newborn elephant has caused a lot of concern among animal lovers in the district.
According to reports, the elephant baby was found dead near Danipali village, 35 km from here, under the Negipali reserve forest in Agalpur block. It was a premature-born male elephant baby, sources said.
As the baby was premature-born, many questions have now hunted animal lovers as to what could be the condition of the mother elephant. It should be studied under what conditions elephants are giving birth before time, said some locals.
Just a year ago, a baby elephant was born in Loisingha range. What would be next movement of the herd of elephants numbering around 31 that remains to be seen, they said. According to reports, the movement of the herd has been a cause of tension between villages located along the borders of Balangir and Subarnapur districts as it damages their paddy crops. Each time, they attempt to drive away the elephants using crackers, cymbals and stones.
“Elephants are king of the forest. Nobody can check their movement. But we are facing the ire of local people,” said a forest official.
According to reports, the elephant baby was buried in the Negipali Reserve forest area in the presence of forest and veterinary officials.
“The ACF has gone to the spot. Details will be known when he reports to me,” said Balangir DFO Sameer Satpathy.
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