Smuggling of beards by killing elephants

Shankar Luintel, an elephant conservationist, claimed that the elephant was killed about 40 hours ago and after the elephant was killed, both the beards were cut off with a saw. . He said, "The hair of the tail has also been cut off."

Recently 4 elephants have died in Jhapa. Most of them were killed by electrocution. This elephant is According to conservationists, they may have been killed by a trap. Deven Kharel, a wildlife conservationist, said, "Looking at the nature of the incident, it seems that the elephant was killed for the purpose of smuggling its teeth."

The conservationists also suspect that the community forest might collude to kill the elephants. Elephant's beard and tail are being sold for millions of rupees. Conservationists believe that international gangs are involved in wildlife smuggling.

District Forest Office Officer Meghraj Rai has said that an investigation is underway to determine whether the elephant died due to time or someone killed it. He said, "Everything can be said only after the post-mortem."

Earlier, an elephant was shot and killed in Sundararaicha-10 Janjagaran community forest of Morang. When the locals heard the gunshots, the smugglers took the elephant's tail but could not take the beard.