Poachers become active again

Statesman News Service
KEONJHAR, Aug 19: Poachers have become effective with the cancellation of the Baitarani Elephant Reserve Project. A tusker was killed in Banamahuladiha forest in Patna and the tusks were taken. The forest department came to know about the incident on 17 August while the carcass indicated that the crime was committed a week ago. While the forest department could not investigate the matter due to incessant rain the villagers said that there is sufficient proof to establish that it is a handiwork of the poachers. Mr Binaya Bhushan Patnaik, an elephant lover, said that the withdrawal of the Baitarani Elephant Reserve Project has endangered the lives of the pachyderm.

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