Male elephant carcass found in Kandara

The forest officials today recovered carcass of a male elephant from Kandara reserve forest with its trunk burnt down allegedly by poachers.
The carcass of the about 30-year-old male elephant was found near Sapua dam, the place where jumbos frequent to drink water in Kandara reserve forest area, said Dhenkanal DFO Pradipta Sahu.
He, along with regional conservator of forest Sunadrshan Panda rushed to the spot.
"The poachers have uprooted the teeth and taken away. The trunk was also burnt down," the DFO said.
The jumbos' usually have 26 teeth: the incisors, known as the tusks, 12 deciduous premolars, and 12 molars.

It was not known which teeth was taken away.