Two wild elephants were killed and a calf was captured allegedly by poachers near Siluk village in Pasighat forest division of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh.
The decomposed bodies of two elephants were found on Saturday by a team of Eco Development Committee (EDC) members of Mebo area, who have been associated with the forest department for protection of wildlife in the area, officials said today.
The EDC members, following a tip-off from local villagers, searched for the elephant carcasses in the deep forest near Siluk village and recovered two decomposed bodies in close stretch aside Ngopok-Siluk PWD road, State Wildlife Board (SWB) member John Apum said.
The EDC members observed the broken skull of the slain elephants suspected to be killed by hunters for the tusks, he said.
According to local people, the herd of elephants from Poba Reserve Forest and Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary often arrives at Siluk area during December every year.
