SILIGURI, 1 JULY: A 35-year-old injured female elephant (see sns
photo), hit by a speeding train on 25 June, died at Diana forest early
today. The pachyderm was under going treatment under the supervision of
an expert team since 26 June.
Two female elephants were critically injured when a speeding train hit a herd of nearly 60 elephants that came close to a rail track at the Red Bank tea plantation area in Jalpaiguri. Another 15-year-old injured elephant is under going treatment at Garumara National Park.
The state forest minister, Mr Hiten Barman, said he had instructed forest officials yesterday to form another expert committee comprising an expert from Assam to look after the injured elephant at Garumara. “I went to Garumara yesterday and saw the injured elephant in a critical condition. I have asked the forest officials to constitute an expert team of doctors for better treatment of the injured elephant. An expert from Assam would come here to examine the injured elephant,” Mr Barman said.
“The injured elephant has been administered adequate saline. Forest officials provided food and water but the elephant is still suffering from other problems,” he said.
The divisional forest officer, wildlife II, Ms Sumita Ghatak, said: “We predicted that the inured elephants might die because their backbone ware badly hit. Elephants cannot survive like this. The elephant was suffering from other problems in heart and lungs. Though we had been feeding it enough, still it was not adequate for the animal.”
“Another injured elephant is undergoing treatment at Garumara but even its days are numbered,” Ms Ghatak added. The forest officials conducted a post-mortem before cremating the dead elephant. sns Comments
Two female elephants were critically injured when a speeding train hit a herd of nearly 60 elephants that came close to a rail track at the Red Bank tea plantation area in Jalpaiguri. Another 15-year-old injured elephant is under going treatment at Garumara National Park.
The state forest minister, Mr Hiten Barman, said he had instructed forest officials yesterday to form another expert committee comprising an expert from Assam to look after the injured elephant at Garumara. “I went to Garumara yesterday and saw the injured elephant in a critical condition. I have asked the forest officials to constitute an expert team of doctors for better treatment of the injured elephant. An expert from Assam would come here to examine the injured elephant,” Mr Barman said.
“The injured elephant has been administered adequate saline. Forest officials provided food and water but the elephant is still suffering from other problems,” he said.
The divisional forest officer, wildlife II, Ms Sumita Ghatak, said: “We predicted that the inured elephants might die because their backbone ware badly hit. Elephants cannot survive like this. The elephant was suffering from other problems in heart and lungs. Though we had been feeding it enough, still it was not adequate for the animal.”
“Another injured elephant is undergoing treatment at Garumara but even its days are numbered,” Ms Ghatak added. The forest officials conducted a post-mortem before cremating the dead elephant. sns Comments
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