Live-wire fencing electrocutes two elephants in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov 14(UNI) Two elephants, including a one-year-old calf, were electrocuted after coming into contact with a solar fence allegedly connected to a live power source at Godarbilli forest beat in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, officials said on Saturday. The carcasses of the 15-year-old female elephant and the calf were found about 100 metres apart in the Analaberini section of Kamakhyanagar West Forest Range, around 10 km from Kamakhyanagar town. The preliminary investigation suggests that the solar fence, ostensibly installed to protect paddy crops, had been connected to a live electricity source, allowing high-voltage current to flow through the fencing wire.…