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“#India probes death of 18 elephants ‘hit by lightning’<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Indian authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 18 elephants in the northeastern state of Assam
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Indian authorities launched a probe Friday into the deaths of at least 18 elephants, as a leading conservationist raised doubts that the animals were killed by lightning.<\/p>\n

The dead herd was found in the hilly Kandali Proposed Reserve Forest in the northeastern India state of Assam on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Forest officials and a local lawmaker, Jitu Goswami, told AFP they believed the elephants died after lightning struck the forest.<\/p>\n

But prominent conservationist Soumyadeep Datta, from environmental activist group Nature’s Beckon, said that was unlikely based on social media<\/a> images.<\/p>\n

“Poisoning could be behind the death of the elephants,” Datta told AFP. “We have to wait for the autopsy report, which the forest department will do soon.”<\/p>\n

A team of vets and officials headed to the site on Friday together with Parimal Shuklabaidya, Assam’s forests and environment minister.<\/p>\n

India is home to nearly 30,000 elephants, around 60 percent of the wild Asian elephant population. <\/p>\n

In recent years there have been rising incidents of elephants killed by locals\u2014and vice-versa\u2014as humans encroach further into forest areas.<\/p>\n\n

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Five elephants killed by train in India\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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