Satish Aditya
Bettiah (West Champaran) : The forest officials on October 3, 2020, found carcass of a Bear lying in Tirhut Canal under Madanpur Forest Range in Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran District in North Bihar . The carcass was noticed during the routine patrolling by a team of forest workers.
Gaurav Ojha, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), VTR, Div- 2, ruled out the possibility of poaching as body parts of the Bear were found intact. Under what circumstances the Bear died would not be known immediately without getting the post-mortem report, he added. The Valmiki Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary is located on Indo-Nepal border in West Champaran District on the bank of river Gandak.