Assam: Poachers kill three elephants in Manas National Park

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

KOKRAJHAR: The poaching of three wild elephants deep inside the Manas National Park has shocked the animal lovers and conservationists. The incident has proved that poachers are still active in the national park.

Manas National Park Field Director C. Ramesh, Chirang DFO Kunjan Basumatary and other forest officials rushed to the spot at Palengshi Beat area near Bhutan border under Panbari Range in western part of the Manas National Park.

Meanwhile, talking to newsmen at Bodoland House in New Delhi, BTC CEM Pramod Boro expressed grave concern over the poaching incident. He said the case would be taken seriously and all necessary measures would be taken. He said poaching in reserve forests in BTR had been nil for a couple of years. He said under the initiative of the government of BTR, hundreds of poachers have already surrendered and deposited their handmade firearms and other hunting implements earlier. They were given one-time financial support for alternative livelihoods.

Besides, the government of BTR took initiatives to reduce the man-elephant conflict, and compensation is being given to those who lost lives in the conflict with wild animals, Boro said.

Boro said the government of BTR had taken up various initiatives for the protection of wild animals, natural resources and green coverage, besides promoting the eco-tourism destinations. He said that to protect and preserve the wild animals and natural resources, Raimana National Park was declared in parts of Kachugaon Forest Division, and a new Sikhna Jwhwlao National Park was recently declared under Haltugaon Division in Kokrajhar district.

Boro called upon all to keep an eye and join hands to deal with the poaching activities.

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