On the same day when a rhino carcass was discovered in Kaziranga National Park, villagers of Murpholuni forest beat stumbled upon an elephant carcass in the Kaziranga Karbianglong Elephant Reserve which covers an area of 1881.51 sq km of which an estimated 596 sq km has been encroached.
Poaching of elephants has rarely been reported. Elephant deaths were either due to speeding trains or vehicles and the it's the phenomenon of man-elephant conflict which had engaged wild life experts.
So, while the rhino and the tiger were under stress from poachers, the elephant seemed under stress from habitat loss due to large scale encroachment of reserve forests and elephant corridors.
But the latest carcass indicates that the elephant is also the poachers' target.
When the forest officials were informed they denied it was a recent killing and refused to even visit the site.
Golaghat district where the incident took place had 58 wild and 37 domestic elephants as on 30 September 2009.
In Assam 5246 elephants were found in 2002 census while in 2007, 5281 elephant were counted. Significantly the number of tuskers have gone down from 237 in 2002 to 169 in 2007.
But the forest department records
do not reflect any tusker deaths.
Poaching of elephants has rarely been reported. Elephant deaths were either due to speeding trains or vehicles and the it's the phenomenon of man-elephant conflict which had engaged wild life experts.
So, while the rhino and the tiger were under stress from poachers, the elephant seemed under stress from habitat loss due to large scale encroachment of reserve forests and elephant corridors.
But the latest carcass indicates that the elephant is also the poachers' target.
When the forest officials were informed they denied it was a recent killing and refused to even visit the site.
Golaghat district where the incident took place had 58 wild and 37 domestic elephants as on 30 September 2009.
In Assam 5246 elephants were found in 2002 census while in 2007, 5281 elephant were counted. Significantly the number of tuskers have gone down from 237 in 2002 to 169 in 2007.
But the forest department records
do not reflect any tusker deaths.
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Thu chawm chawm latia, a thu chulah a sau thim ten ah. Thu chuam chuam latina hem i ti kit leh lah, thu khat bep ahi zel ah. Vaiphei pau hi a duk a dakah i mat thei masang siau chu Vaiphei hi kuama'n bangmachan sim puanau.
Eima pau chu ei-un i thiamlo ua leh kua thiam dingah i kawi uh ahi diam? Pau hi belap leh bawlphat ding a tam ma ma mai ah, a umsa le a duk a dakah Vaiphei diktak kitipa/kitinu nsanin mang lou i hiu chun namdang ten tawtna ei matpiak sekuh hi I am not at all surprised.
Eima pau thiamlo hi ki lekhathiamsakna mang le ki um maithei. ziate chun a hetthiamlo manuh ahi. Vaiphei ah integrity leh patriotism diktak neitu leh Vaiphei ngainatu diktak chun sappau bang-gualin thiamleh le, a ma pau le a thiam hi. Pu. V.S. Liankhopau bang khah sappu thiamlo hi laizang lou, Vaiphei pau ah La(song) 100 sangah tamzaw phuak ahi. Vaiphei pau ah i lekhabu nei sun sun uh ei bolpiaktu te hile lekhathiam taktak te ahi zawu. Pu Lala Thangvung, Pu Khupkhothang Elvung, Pu Selkap, Pu D.K. Sanga vaiphei, Pu John Suantak, Pu Soitinkhup, Pu Pauneikhai ti haw hi lekhathiam taktak leh sappau thiam ngawn a hiu.
Vaiphei pau hi a duk a dakin zik deu tai tiu.
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