Altogether 17 elephants were killed in the district, the latest being at Sabalaya under Khallikote forest range where six were killed when they were hit by a train yesterday.
Of the elephants killed, nine were females, three males and five calves.
The deaths were reported from the forest ranges of Muzagada, Khallikote, Buguda, Gallery and Tarsingi, official sources said.
While seven were killed on railway tracks, six died of electrocution and the others to disease or old age, they said.
A female
