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Elephant electrocuted after straying from herd in Odisha

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Press Trust of India Rourkela (Odisha)
Last Updated : Jan 25 2017 | 7:57 PM IST
A female elephant was electrocuted today after coming in contact with a live wire while munching leaves in Bisra forest range in Sundargarh district, forest officials said.
The elephant, aged around nine years, had strayed from a herd of nine elephants and came in contact with high tension wire while munching leaves from a tree near Garda village.
The elephant apparently pulled a branch and the live wire attached to the tree also came down, electrocuting the jumbo, the officials said.

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First Published: Jan 25 2017 | 7:57 PM IST

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