Another elephant found dead in Ctg
For the third consecutive day, an elephant has died in the country from human-made objects, as a juvenile elephant was found dead at a village in Banshkhali upazila yesterday.
Locals spotted the decomposing body of the elephant calf after a foul smell gripped the village.
On information, forest officials rushed to the spot and recovered the carcass to conduct a postmortem, Sheik Anisuzzaman, range officer of Joldi area under Forest Department (wildlife and nature conservation), Chattogram circle, said.
The elephant is a juvenile, aged 16, the official added.
Kopil Uddin, chairman of Boilchari union parishad, told The Daily Star that some people might have killed the elephant and buried it to hide the incident.
However, it was revealed when a layer of mud receded after yesterday's heavy downpour, stinking up the whole area.
Later, Abu Naser Md Yeasin Neyaz, divisional forest officer of Chattogram Forest Circle, said they have performed the autopsy but it will take time to prepare the report.
"I have seen metal wire fence around orange and papaya gardens near the spot of the incidence which could easily have been connected to power. I assume the elephant could have died of electrocution. Let's see what the postmortem report tells us," he added.
With this, three elephants have died in the country in the last three days.
One of them was killed from electrocution at Teknaf on Friday, and another was killed at Bandarban possibly from injuries sustained from barbed wire fences.
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