Poachers have killed 73 elephants in the State since 2005 and 157 persons arrested during the period on the charge of killing wild animals.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/poachers-have-killed-73-jumbos-2005
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/keonjhar-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-habitat-monitoring