Poachers kill female elephant in Arunachal

The carcass of a female elephant with its trunk sawed off was found from a jungle between Mebo-Dhola Road and Siang River near Namsing village in Mebo Sub-Division of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said here today.
Poachers killed the elephant and sawed off its trunk, they said.
The member of Daying Ering Wildlife Foundation Eco-Development Society (DEWFEDS) saw the carcass and informed the Pasighat divisional forest officer (DFO) Tabang Jamoh about the death of the elephant in the area.
Forest officials found the carcass with bullet hole on the forehead, sources said.
The elephant with approximate age of 35 years was killed nearly a week ago, sources said, adding that an FIR has been lodged at Mebo police outpost.

This is the second incident of elephant killing in three months in the district. Another female elephant was found killed in the same forest range near the same village on August 14.