Ahmedabad, May 11: Eleven black bucks were today found dead on the outskirts of Gir forest area in Visavadar taluka in Junagadh district of Gujarat.
Forest officials are trying to ascertain the cause of the deaths. They suspect that this could be due to some kind of poisoning of the water nearby.
“Carcasses of 11 black bucks were found in the revenue area of Visavadar taluka,” Range Forest Officer, Junagadh, Sudhir Chaturvedi told PTI.
“These were found at five different places near the border of Kanabadla and Nana-Hadmatia villages. Three of the black bucks were males and eight were females,” he said.
All the carcasses have been sent for post-mortem and forest officials are trying to identify the cause behind the death of these animals, he added.
–Agencies