Overview
- Forest officials discovered three carcasses in a Hirenallur field near the Basur Kaval Blackbuck Conservation Reserve on Tuesday morning.
- Examination found bullet wounds on the animals, confirming they were shot dead.
- Two of the blackbucks were does estimated to be between 1.5 and 2 years old.
- Deputy Conservator of Forests Ramesh Babu said the killings appear to involve an organised gang supplying meat.
- Investigators deployed sniffer dogs after the poachers abandoned the carcasses and fled, and officials noted this is the first such incident reported outside the reserve.