Jumbos’ Carcasses Found; Blame Laid On Sharp-Edged Fences

NUMALIGARH: The carcass of about a month-old elephant was recovered on Thursday morning at BGK tea garden near the Madhabpur area of Golaghat district. Later on the same day, locals witnessed the carcass of a mature elephant at the Kalioni-Bordubi area on the Golaghat-Karbi Anglong border.

It is believed that the deaths might have been the result of deep injuries inflicted on them from the sharp-edged fences at the tea gardens. After the elephants sustain injuries from these killer fence-blades, malicious infection spreads in their bodies ultimately causing death to these mammals. Wild activists have strongly demanded the immediate removal of these fences from the elephant corridors. They further seek strong action from the Forest department against the authorities of those tea gardens that continue to use such fences.

Human-elephant conflicts are rising in Golaghat district that has India’s second largest population of Asian elephants. But the government has not taken any tangible action to resolve the man-jumbo conflict. The Numaligarh-Morangi region has been facing man-pachyderm conflicts for several years, with a number of these conflicts resulting in deaths on both sides. It has been weeks since reports have been received of the presence of wild elephant herds at two or three places in these areas.

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