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For a week before the mutilated carcass was found, forest guards in Corbett National Park had been noticing blood trails on the path frequented by male elephant The park authorities later realized that the male tusker was fed nails and shrapnel to bleed it to a slow and painful death. Another elephant was found killed in a similar fashion soon. The forest wardens were both shocked and angry because animal poaching was relatively uncommon in these areas. According to Brijendra Singh, honorary Wildlife Warden of Corbett, sharp metal objects cut into the elephant's intestines bleeding it to death. “The carcass was found in Bijrani, a part of the park. It appears that nails and shrapnel were mixed either in dough or jaggery”, Mr. Singh said, adding ‘it was clear that the elephant was killed for ivory'. The tusks had been removed it was difficult to believe, Mr. Singh said that a discerning animal like elephant could be fed with such objects. But they actually managed to do it. “It is an utterly despicable way of killing a harmless animal”, he added. First such incident happened near Gheral in the periphery of the park a few months ago. The elephant’s tusk had been removed. The park authorities were unable to trace the culprits. Yet another elephant was hacked to pieces within a week near Dhela on the boundaries of the park. The tusks had been removed again, cutting open the animal's trunk and neck. These incidents, said Manoj Mishra of Traffic, that is Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce, WWF, India, revealed a sinister trend that ivory trade has returned. “Killing of elephants for ivory was not very common in northern India but the killing of three elephants in such a short span in Corbett alone is extremely alarming," he said.​

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