A 20-year-old tusker was found dead near Madakkadu on the Isha – Narasipuram Road in Booluvampatti range near Coimbatore in the small hours of Monday (February 12, 2013).
Clinical examination indicated that the death could have been caused by electric shock from a live wire used in an electric fence in a farm. The farm owner had used direct power supply to the fence instead of alternative supply.
On instructions from Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, V.T. Kandasamy and District Forest Officer V. Thirunavukkarasu, a team led by Forest Range Officer M.S. Parthiban conducted investigations. Forest Veterinarian N.S. Manoharan conducted a post-mortem and the carcass of the pachyderm was consigned to flames.
Forest Officials registered a case against the owner Balasubramanian (70) and his son Babu (40) for using direct power supply causing the death of wild elephant invoking the provisions of Section 9/1 of Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. An offence under this section is likely to attract seven years rigorous imprisonment.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/wild-elephant-electrocuted/article4406036.ece
Clinical examination indicated that the death could have been caused by electric shock from a live wire used in an electric fence in a farm. The farm owner had used direct power supply to the fence instead of alternative supply.
On instructions from Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, V.T. Kandasamy and District Forest Officer V. Thirunavukkarasu, a team led by Forest Range Officer M.S. Parthiban conducted investigations. Forest Veterinarian N.S. Manoharan conducted a post-mortem and the carcass of the pachyderm was consigned to flames.
Forest Officials registered a case against the owner Balasubramanian (70) and his son Babu (40) for using direct power supply causing the death of wild elephant invoking the provisions of Section 9/1 of Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. An offence under this section is likely to attract seven years rigorous imprisonment.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/wild-elephant-electrocuted/article4406036.ece
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