News Headline
Environment ministry releases standard procedure to deal with anthrax deaths in elephants
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2020-01-21
On January 19, 2020, a four-year-old elephant suspected to have died due to anthrax was found in Sambalpur in Odisha. According to a news report, a post-mortem was conducted on the carcass before burying it at the spot. Latest guidelines released by the environment ministry however, advise against burying of carcass suspected with anthrax, an infectious disease found primarily in animals.