This story is from August 31, 2020

Poachers kill three jackals in Chitradurga

Poachers kill three jackals in Chitradurga
Mysuru: Three jackals died after eating food filled with explosives in Chitradurga district. Foresters arrested a person in this connection.
The incident happened on Saturday near Voddikere village in Hiriyuru. Poacher Bijju had kept meat with explosives in the forest area. As the jackals, a male and two females, bit the food, the explosives exploded, killing the animals on the spot.
Foresters who got the information, arrested the accused within two hours and recovered the corpses of jackals.
Chitradurga division DCF K Chandrashekar Nayak told TOI that the accused had prepared meat balls filled with explosives to hunt the jackals.
“One person has been arrested. We are investigating to know whether there is any poaching gang behind the incident,” he said.
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