{"id":125709,"date":"2024-08-14T22:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=125709"},"modified":"2024-08-14T22:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:00:12","slug":"heartbreaking-tragedy-rising-concerns-as-another-majestic-elephant-dies-in-assams-digboi-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=125709","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking Tragedy: Rising Concerns as Another Majestic Elephant Dies in Assam\u2019s Digboi Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-125542\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/New-Logo-Smal-1.jpg?resize=176%2C49&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"49\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">A<\/span> wild <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=108958\">elephant was found dead<\/a> in Kherjan Haldibari village, Digboi, early this morning, sparking concern among the local community. This tragic event follows a similar elephant death in the neighboring village of Bhimpathar about a month ago.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125710\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Rising Concerns as Another Majestic Elephant Dies in Assam\u2019s Digboi Village\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66bcc9694d596-assam-14124033-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rising Concerns as Another Majestic Elephant Dies in Assam\u2019s Digboi Village\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66bcc9694d596-assam-14124033-16x9-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66bcc9694d596-assam-14124033-16x9-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66bcc9694d596-assam-14124033-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66bcc9694d596-assam-14124033-16x9-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66bcc9694d596-assam-14124033-16x9-1.jpg?resize=750%2C422&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/66bcc9694d596-assam-14124033-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1140%2C641&amp;ssl=1 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Rising Concerns as Another Majestic Elephant Dies in Assam\u2019s Digboi Village:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The residents are seeking answers from various authorities, including the Digboi Forest Division, poachers, and the APDCL Electricity Department, to understand the reasons behind these occurrences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Forest officials currently suspect illness as the cause of the latest death but are awaiting the results of an autopsy to confirm. An investigation has been launched by the forest department to determine the exact cause. Divisional Forest Officer T C Ranjith Ram assured that the autopsy would provide definitive answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Debojit Moran, General Secretary of Green Bud Society, an environmental NGO based in Digboi, suggested that deforestation and the closure of elephant corridors in the Golai and Bogapani areas might be contributing factors. He has called on the National Green Tribunal to look into why these crucial elephant pathways have been shut down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This series of unfortunate incidents has prompted the local community and environmentalists to demand swift action and a transparent investigation to prevent future tragedies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wild elephant was found dead in Kherjan Haldibari village, Digboi, early this morning, sparking concern among the local community. This tragic event follows a similar elephant death in the neighboring village of Bhimpathar about a month ago. The residents are seeking answers from various authorities, including the Digboi Forest Division, poachers, and the APDCL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[28739,28741,28736,28749,28745,28746,28753,28732,28747,28740,28735,28733,28751,28744,28742,28748,28743,28731,28734,28752,28750,28755,28737,28738,28754,28730,26528,26544],"class_list":["post-125709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-apdcl-electricity-department","tag-autopsy-results","tag-bhimpathar-village","tag-bogapani-area","tag-debojit-moran","tag-deforestation-impact","tag-demand-for-action","tag-digboi-news","tag-elephant-corridors-closure","tag-elephant-death-illness","tag-elephant-death-investigation","tag-elephant-found-dead","tag-elephant-pathways-shutdown","tag-environmental-ngo-digboi","tag-forest-department-investigation","tag-golai-area","tag-green-bud-society","tag-kherjan-haldibari-village","tag-local-community-concern","tag-local-environmentalists","tag-national-green-tribunal","tag-preventing-future-elephant-deaths","tag-recurring-elephant-deaths","tag-suspected-poaching","tag-transparent-investigation","tag-wild-elephant-death","tag-digboi-forest-division","tag-divisional-forest-officer-t-c-ranjith-ram"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158230,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=158230","url_meta":{"origin":125709,"position":0},"title":"Protests Erupt Over Alleged Secret Transfer of Elephant \u2018Durga\u2019 From Manas to Kerala","author":"News Desk","date":"September 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The alleged secret transfer of a captive female elephant named \u201cDurga\u201d from Manas National Park to Kerala has triggered strong protests by nature conservation groups and student organisations. 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