Elephant Kills Man After People Pelt Stones At Its Just Born Baby

Elephant Kills Man After People Pelt Stones At Its Just Born Baby
Indian villagers look on as a herd of 46 wild Asian elephants walk through the Gangaram Tea Garden on Nov. 29, 2017. Asian elephants are listed as endangered animals. As the human population increases the natural habitat of the elephants get destroyed and they are forced to move in farming areas where causing damage to crops. DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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An elephant trampled a man to death in a village in India as people pelted it with stones after it gave birth to an ill calf.

The incident happened in Ajnashuli village in the eastern state of West Bengal when locals learnt that an elephant was giving birth at a nearby dried lake.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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