From CNN’s World report –
AGARTALA, India (Reuters) — Authorities in northeast India have urged Bangladesh not to kill about 100 wild elephants that have strayed across the border and gone on a rampage, killing 13 people and injuring dozens more.
“We are very sympathetic about the elephants’ plight and we will not take any steps to kill them,” Munshi Anwarul Islam, Chief Forest Conservator of Bangladesh, told Reuters.
“But these elephants are destroying our houses and trees and are a threat to the local people. They are not finding a corridor to go back to India.”
Funny how the wild elephants get far more consideration from CNN/Reuters than the 13 “villagers” they killed….
I remember a story on 60 Mins, I think it was, that explained why stuff like this happens. Apparently the villagers kill off the adult elephants for their tusks. The elephant “teenagers” then don’t have a male authority figure to show them how to behave properly so they go on a rampage. Sounds like I am making this up, but its true. That’s tragic karma. Nature fights back in unforseen ways.