Kaziranga loses 117 animals in week-long flood

August 17, 2017 08:39

A week-long flood in Kaziranga National Park has left altogether 117 animals dead till Wednesday. Animal casualty in Kaziranga since last month's flood has crossed 200.

From August 10 to August 16 when Kaziranga came under the grip of second wave of flood, 99 Hog deer, six rhinos, two elephants, three wild boar, two swamp deer, one each Asiatic buffalo, Sambar and porcupine were drowned.

Two Hog deer were killed in vehicle hit while crossing the national highway 37 for reaching highlands in neighbouring Karbi Anglong. Also two Hog deer succumbed to injuries.

Kaziranga, located on the flood plains of Brahmaputra, experienced one of the worst deluges in three decades on Sunday, when over 80 per cent of the Park area was inundated and water levels rose to six feet at several places.

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