A young couple was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants near the Dhamar reserve forest village under Lakhipur forest range in Goalpara district. This tragic incident highlights the ongoing man-elephant conflict in the area.
a herd of wild elephants travelling hundreds of miles through china has captured the imagination of millions of people across the country. the animals have reached the outskirts of kunming a city of more than 8 million people. theirjourney is being watched on social media as the bbc s tim allman explains. if you had just walked more than 500 kilometres, you might fancy a bit of a lie down, too. spread out like some giantjigsaw puzzle, the elephants of yunnan province take a more than deserved rest. well, most of them. why are they doing this? no one knows, but week after week, month after month, they have marched relentlessly onwards, with the occasional spot of help from the local authorities. translation: our staff members use excavators to make gentle slopes - on both sides of the river so they can pass through. the elephants successfully crossed the river after walking back and forth for several hours. as is the way these days,
Wild elephants trample farmer to death in Chittoor district
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Residents of hamlets near T.N. border in grip of fear
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Forest and police personnel inspecting the spot where the farmer was killed by jumbos at Tanjavur near Chittoor on Thursday.
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Residents of hamlets near T.N. border in grip of fear
Panic gripped the hamlets close to the Chittoor-Tamil Nadu border after a nine-member herd of wild elephants fatally attacked a 52-year-old farmer at Tanjavur village of Yadamarri mandal in the district, 25 km from here, on Thursday morning.
According to local residents, the victim, Valligan (52), a speech and hearing impaired farmer, was relieving himself at a pond near his fields around 6 a.m., after finishing his night vigil, when the attack took place. The farmers in the neighbouring fields, who were also getting ready to return home, spotted the nine-member herd of wild elephants marching towards the forests of P