Overview

• Authorities recovered 20 monkey carcasses stuffed in sacks along Kandegala-Kodasoge Road near Gundlupet and have ordered post-mortems to confirm suspected poisoning
• A special investigation team has been formed to examine the mutilated leopard found at the Ramapur-Martalli border following NTCA-led necropsies on the early tiger poisoning case
• Initial tests detected organophosphate compounds in the systems of the five poisoned tigers, and similar toxicology analyses are underway for the monkey deaths
• Three senior Karnataka Forest Department officials remain on compulsory leave as disciplinary proceedings continue over alleged negligence in patrolling and protocol lapses
• Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre has directed a comprehensive audit of 82 tiger mortalities from the past five and a half years to identify patterns of unnatural fatalities