AR-News: (India) Marauding elephants on rampage in Orissa

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

6-March-2004 


Bhubaneswar, In yet another instance of growing man-animal conflict, a herd 
of 25 elephants strayed from a forest and went on the rampage in a village in 
Orissa, officials said Saturday. 
There were, however, no casualties. 
The elephants came out from the forests in Deogarh district and rushed to 
Lahandabud village located on the outskirts of the district headquarter town of 
Jharsuguda, 374 km from here, Friday. 
Even as they trampled crops, the villagers attempted to drive them away by 
beating drums and lighting fires. This prompted the elephants to enter a nursery 
run by the state horticulture department, forest official Alekh Chandra Samal 
said. 







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http://www.keralanext.com/news/index.asp?id=28550  
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