JALPAIGURI: Adult female elephants are shocked in the village of Bhandarpura near Khuttimari forest in Banerhat Jalpaiiguri’s Block.
The carcass was found in rice fields along the forest channel on Saturday morning, making it 14 events like that in the past half of the year.
According to Foresters, burning signs on the elephant stem indicates death with electric shock.
“Some equipment has been confiscated from the place.
These instructions are intentionally intentional.
We have initiated an investigation,” said Jalpaiguri DFO Mridul Kumar.
In the Bengal Dooar area, at least 34 elephants have died of electrocution in the past decade.
Knocking the power of the high voltage pathway to put an electric trap is an unauthorized but common practice in the area to stop the herd from destroying rice fields, especially during the harvest season.
Environmental lovers blame death of human habitat growth indiscriminately in and around Forestland, which the government consecutive failed to put a check.
“People who violate the forest limits lead to human-animal conflicts.
Changes in the behavior of elephants is the result of this ongoing conflict,” said Anesh Basu, a member of the Country Wildlife Advisory Board.
The Ministry of Forestry has held several meetings with power officials and environmental organizations in the past to destroy solutions, but have reached a little.
“The electricity department has solved loose and hanging problems in the forest.
But, we cannot convince people not to put a power trap.
We have to work harder,” said Shyama Prasad Pandey, an environmental lover.