A male sloth bear was electrocuted after getting trapped in a wire fence at Vazhaithottam in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Tuesday morning. Srikanth, Deputy Director of MTR (Buffer Zone), said that local residents had seen the bear in the area on many occasions. He said the owner of the property had followed proper procedures by using an energiser to power the fence to protect his property. However, the sloth bear got trapped in the fence and could not extract itself from it, leading to its slow, painful death. Elephant diesIn another incident in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve buffer zone, a young female elephant was found dead in the Nilgiris Eastern Slopes Range in Thengumarahada.

Source: The Hindu August 10, 2021 18:56 UTC