10 Elephant Deaths In 3 Days In Madhya Pradesh, Samples To Be Tested
NDTV
A five-member committee has been appointed by the state government to probe the death of the tuskers.
Samples collected in connection with the death of 10 elephants in three days this week in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve are being sent to the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Uttar Pradesh and the forensic laboratory in Sagar, an official said on Friday.
On Tuesday, four wild elephants were found dead in Sankhani and Bakeli under the Khitoli range of the reserve, while four died on Wednesday and two on Thursday.
"We are sending all the samples we have collected from the field as well as organic, like viscera, liver, kidney etc to the IVRI in Izatnagar in UP's Bareli as well as the MP forensic laboratory in Sagar," Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) L Krishnamoorthy told PTI from BTR over phone.
