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Maharashtra: Three booked in Nagpur after sloth bear dies of electrocution from illegal farm fence

Three villagers in Nagpur’s Ramtek taluka have been booked after a sloth bear allegedly died from electrocution after touching an illegally charged farm fence. Officials said the carcass was buried to hide evidence as Maharashtra expands AI-based wildlife alert systems

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Illegal electric fence kills sloth bear in Nagpur (Representational image)

Illegal electric fence kills sloth bear in Nagpur (Representational image)

A case has been registered against three villagers in Ramtek taluka of Nagpur district in Maharashtra after a sloth bear allegedly died of electrocution. 

An official, while highlighting the death of a sloth bear, said that a sloth bear died after coming in contact with an illegally charged fence around agricultural land.

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