Conservationists are alarmed when ten elephants died in three days in a central Indian national park.
The 13 elephants in the herd perished in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh National Park between October 29 and October 31.
According to an initial toxicology study, the elephants might have perished as a result of consuming a fungus-infected millet crop.
The state government is on the defensive as a result of the killings, which have garnered national attention and criticism.
The chief forest official in charge of the investigation into the fatalities, L Krishna Murthy, stated, “[The toxicology report indicates] that the elephants had consumed a large quantity of decayed kodo [millet] plants and grains.”
According to early, unverified accounts, the elephants may have been poisoned by farmers.
According to the toxicological study, samples from the deceased elephants contained the fungal neurotoxin cyclopiazonic acid.
They are said to have consumed a lot of kodo millets, which are often grown in desert areas of West Africa, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.
