Just days after Karnataka woke up to the raging fire at Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve where hundreds of acres of vegetation was reduced to ashes, here comes another sad news from Nagarahole National Park. Five spotted deer and seven wild goats were found dead on the fringes of Metikuppe range of Nagarahole National Park in H.D. Kote Taluk yesterday morning.
Shockingly, the animals died of poisoning when they drank water-laden with urea from the Hebbala pond in J.M. Halli village that is less than a kilometre from the Nagarahole forests. The incident came to light when Forest Department personnel were on a patrol. While a few animals were found dead inside a plantation, a few were found in a nearby farm.
