63,000 animals, including four Asiatic Lions and 73 elephants, died on rail Tracks from 2017-2018 to 2020-21: CAG
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Over 63,000 animals, including four Asiatic lions and 73 elephants, died on railway tracks between 2017-18 to 2020-21, the CAG has cited, raising concern over steps taken by the Union environment ministry as well as the railways in preventing such episodes. In these three years, the CAG found that 63,345 animals, including 73 elephants and four lions, had died after being run over.