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Debrigarh Sanctuary's 100 km Boundary 'Shock-Free' for Wildlife
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|March 08, 2025
In a bid to prevent electrocution deaths of wild animals, a 2 km stretch along the boundary of Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, measuring 100 km in length, has been declared a 'shock-free' zone by 68 villages located on the fringes of the sanctuary in collaboration with the Forest department.
The protected zone aims to eliminate the use of electric traps and snares that were responsible for the deaths of Schedule 1 species like tigers and leopards over the past decade. Primarily dependent on agriculture, residents of these villages previously resorted to illegal electric fencing to protect crops from wild boars and sambar deer.
With animals frequently moving in and out of the sanctuary during dawn and dusk, the risk of electrocution had become a major conservation challenge.
This story is from the March 08, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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