Senior wildlife officers refused to confirm that the May 1 Nagaon incident points to 'meat consumption,' but other experts expressed fears that the 'newly acquired taste' could lead to a spurt in elephant poaching.
Rituraj Phukan of the Nagaon-based Green Guards Organisation told Mail Today, 'While historically, jumbo flesh isn't eaten by tribes of Karbi Hills, we were surprised by the May 1 incident and similar ones in the past 10 years.
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