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Sep 29 2009, Jayantakumar Das

The tragic death of another mother wild elephants in Udalguri district has revealed the failure of forest and civil administration to control unabated killing of wild elephants in Udalguri district. A 7 feet tall and 18 years old mother wild elephant.

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