Elephant calf dies under mysterious circumstances

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Elephant calf dies under mysterious circumstances

 

 

 

Baby elephant buried

Zoo violates CZA guidelines

Bipin Bhardwaj

 

Chhat Bir (Patiala), July 25

Carcass of Seema, a female elephant calf that died under mysterious

circumstances at Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park on Sunday afternoon was

buried in violation of the Central Zoo Authorities (CZA) guidelines, here today.

 

A team of veterinary doctors from Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana,

conducted the postmortem and buried the body parts in a fodder farm within the

zoo premises. As per the CZA guidelines, the carcasses of animals, covered under

Schedule-I of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, must be disposed-off after

burning.

 

The team of doctors took about two hours in removing pieces of some organs of

the animal for the post mortem examination.

 

The zoo management today slammed its door on media persons. The media was

restricted from entering the zoo premises.

 

When contacted, Mr Vidya Bhushan, officiating director of the zoo, revealed that

a team of five veterinary doctors, including Dr Nirmaljit Singh, zoo veterinary

doctor, and two other veterinary doctor conducted the post mortem. In the

preliminary investigations, the team of veterinary doctors found that Seema died

due to ‘cardiac arrest’. The team has also taken eight samples of certain organs

of the animal and the report is awaited in the next fortnight, claimed Mr

Bhushan.

 

He said the animal was buried after the postmortem as per rules. He also claimed

that the CZA guidelines say that carnivores and other animals with precious body

parts should be burnt.

 

Mr Bhushan further added, “We do not permit any one to the site of the

postmortem except the veterinary doctors and other veterinary staffers. Presence

of general public at the site of postmortem hinders the concentration of

doctors”.

 

The zoo employees revealed that none of the responsible officials including

director, deputy director, doctor and wildlife warden reside at Chhat Bir zoo

headquarters. In case of any emergency they are available only on the telephone.

Link:www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050726/cth1.htm#8