Balodabazar, Oct 27 (PTI) A pregnant bison died in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar-Bhatapara district after it came in contact with live wire laid in a forest by poachers, officials said on Monday.

The poachers chopped off the head and legs of the wild animal and took out a fully developed foetus from its womb, they said.

"The mutilated carcass of the pregnant bison was found on Saturday in Arjuni forest range under Balodabazar forest division. Preliminary investigations suggest the poachers had laid an electric wire trap. The bison came in contact with it and got electrocuted. It seems the poachers chopped off the carcass in a bid to dispose it of," a forest official said.

Some suspects have been identified and efforts are on to apprehend them, he added.

Wildlife activist Nitin Singhvi fro

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