Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Md Mosabbir Ali, Moulvibazar correspondent: Patharia Hills Reserve Forest covers one side of Juri and Barolekha upazilas of Moulvibazar.
Juri's Lathitila forest falls under it. There were once several elephants in this Patharia (Lathitila) forest. Despite adverse conditions, three wild female elephants still survive in this forest.
The elephant population in Patharia forest has been facing extinction since the only male elephant was killed in a shootout by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in 2012.
An initiative to rehabilitate the last three female elephants at risk of extinction The Forest Department has taken the initiative to bring male elephants from other places in the country, including the Gazipur Safari Pa...