The discovery of 13 carcasses of elephants, some with bullet wounds, in the past two months has brought under sharp focus the spurt in poaching of jumbos in Odisha.
Such an increase in suspected elephant poaching is being reported in the State after a decade. In 2010, carcasses of 14 elephants were found in and around Similipal Biosphere Reserve. This time, the Athagarh forest division in Cuttack district has been the centre of suspected poaching activities with five of the 13 elephants perishing in the region.
