STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: As many as 121 elephants died unnaturally in Assam from 2017-18 to 2021-22, against 494 in the country. Thus 24.49 per cent of the elephant deaths in India in the past five years occurred in Assam.
During the past five years, 27 elephants died in train accidents in the state against 80 in the nation. During the period, electrocution led to the death of 69 elephants in the state against 348 in the country. Poachers killed four elephants in the state against 41 in the country. Twenty-one elephants were poisoned to death in the state against 25 in the country.
Ten elephants died in train accidents in the past five years in the state in 2017-18, two in 2018-19, two in 2019-20, five in 2020-21 and eight in 2021-22. Twenty-four of the 69 elephants died in 2017-18, nine in 2018-19, 11 in 2019-20, 13 in 2020-21 and 12 in 2021-22 due to electrocution.
Poachers killed four elephants in the state in 2017-18.
Six elephants died of poisoning in the state in 2017-18, eight in 2018-19, one in 2020-21 and six in 2021-22.
Sixteen states of the country – Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal – have elephant habitats.
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