Thursday, September 15, 2011

5 ELEPHANTS, 6 HUMANS (INDIA)

In the last two months, 5 wild elephants and 6 humans have died in the man-elephant conflict in Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Udalguri.  This sanctuary alleges say that tea garden owners and their staff  encroach forest land; spray chemical fertilizers and pesticides everywhere  and dig deep trenches which are death traps for elephant calves.

September 8
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep0811/state06

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