29 June 24

Conservationists have raised concerns over the unchecked poaching of wild elephants in the eastern Tarai districts. They suspect that an organised racket and smugglers might be behind these crimes.

On Thursday, a wild elephant was found dead in the Bahuban area in ward 3 of Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa. The elephant was lying dead near the Dhardhare stream with deep injuries around its neck. A postmortem carried out by veterinarians and technicians from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve confirmed that the elephant died of gunshot injuries. The slain elephant was a male of around 10 years of age.

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