COX'S BAZAR, Nov 21 (UNB): Forest officials have recovered another carcass of wild Asian elephant calf from Islamabad hill at Eidgaon upazila in Cox's Bazar.
According to locals, around 7:00 am on Sunday some wood cutters found the elephant dead in a 2.5 feet deep hole and informed the forest department.
Md Alauddin, Rajghat bit officer under Fulchari range, said the male elephant was approximately two years old and it was seven feet long, five feet wide and its trunk was 2.5 feet long.
"The elephant might have died around Saturday night," he said.
Faruq Ahmed Bulbul, another officer from the Fulchari range, said the elephant might have slipped into the hole while getting down the slope.
Another elephant calf found dead in Cox's Bazar
FE Team | Published: November 22, 2021 00:06:44
Another elephant calf found dead in Cox's Bazar
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