Another elephant found dead in Karlapat sanctuary, 6 died in 2 weeks

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Bhubaneswar, February 15: Another female elephant was found dead at the Karlapat wildlife sanctuary in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, a forest official said. Currently, up to six elephants, five females and a calf, have died at the Karlapat wildlife sanctuary within 14 days of this month, the official said.

Kalahandi Southern Division Divisional Forestry Officer (DFO) Ashok Kumar, his team and veterinarians are camping in the area conducting surveillance. “The death of the elephants is due to hemorrhage septicemia (HS),” said the DFO.

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However, the DFO said there was no such report of the deaths of other animals at the sanctuary and also of livestock entering the forest from nearby villages.

The coordinator of the Center for Wildlife Health, OUAT (Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology), Bhubaneswar, Niranjan Sahu, after visiting the Karlapat sanctuary, said: “The death of the elephants is believed to be from HS The postmortem report and the laboratory report of a dead elephant is hint of HS (hemorrhage septicemia). “

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Sahu further said that cattle become infected with HS if they are not vaccinated, adding that this is perhaps the first incident in which elephants are also infected with HS.

He said that vaccination of domesticated cattle in the villages located within the sanctuary and disinfection are in progress by veterinary staff supported by forestry staff.

Local people and wildlife enthusiasts, however, do not take the incident lightly. Pramod Kumar Singhdeo, a local from Karlapat who belongs to the former Zamindar family of Karlapat and who has a deep knowledge of the local flora and fauna, said: “The forestry department has dug salt ponds in different places to provide drinking water. salty to wild animals. “