Only on cnn thank you all very much for joining me this evening and all weekend. Im alex marquardt. Good night and have a good week. Welcome to the whole story. Im anderson cooper, the Iconic Asian Elephant is found mostly across the south and southeastern parts of the continent, including in sri lanka which is home to roughly 7,000 wild elephants. But these animals are in danger. Rapid development in sri lanka has pushed humans farther out into the while Building Homes and farms and factories in areas where the elephants live. These remarkably intelligent creatures are learning to ve alongside humans, but that means theyre destroying farmlands of Aiding Fences and even holding up cars times on the road to demand food farmers tried to protect their lands with firecrackers, flash grenades, sometimes guns to keep the elephants away. And the elephants will often attack and kill the people they counter. More than one elephant today is dying from Human Activity and one person every two days
Makes this scene feel even more out of joint is that the elephants, theyre parading here are also objects of worship this is about harnessing that power. But doling them for a wider spectacle this its Para Harris The Festival of the secret to fills the streets of the shoreline can city of candy every year with ten nights of flame, dance and elephants when buddha died and was cremated, the story goes is left Canine Tooth was found in the ashes it became a symbol of great power in Sri Lanka but, the power on show here is ugly all power over nature, and the damage we are doing to our world daily so
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