Principal chief conservator of forest says residents often put up snares on their fields to catch smaller animals, which can be sold, but larger animals also get caught in them.
Report by Indian Veterinary Research Institute advises destruction of fungal-infected kodo crop residue, as well as preventing entry of animals into fields with these crops.
The officials who have been suspended are Bandhavgarh Field Director Gaurav Choudhary & Assistant Conservator of Forest in-charge (ACF) Fateh Singh Ninama.
From moment tuskers collapsed 'after consuming Kodo millet & drinking from a stream', to when forest guards heard their cries as they lay in fields, an account of what happened on 29 Oct.
Environment ministry says inquiry set up to ascertain if these toxins were accidentally ingested or fed to the elephants. Reports from MP govt & Wildlife Crime Control Bureau awaited.
Attacks occurred Saturday in Deoria & Barhi. Bandhavgarh deputy director said the elephant does not belong to the herd of 13 of which 10 died due to suspected Kodo millet poisoning.
Kodo millets can develop fungus during rains, which can be toxic for humans & animals. Crop-raiding elephants are susceptible to such natural poisoning, ecologist says.
8 tuskers now dead, 1 survived. Millet samples from carcass & from fields where elephant herd grazed to be examined to confirm if fungus-laden crops were cause of death, it is learnt.
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