Myanmar: Elephant Killed by Poisoned Bolt in Irrawaddy Region

Aug 7, 2017 | Salai Thant Zin, Irrawaddy
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A wild elephant was hunted and killed with a poisoned bolt—an arrow shot from a crossbow—in the village tract of Tin Chaung in Irrawaddy Region’s Ngapudaw Township. Following a report from locals, a combined team from the Forestry Department, Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, police, forestry police and administrative authorities searched the forest and found the dying elephant near the village of Yawn Yin on Friday.