“The eco-friendly solution is being used by conservationists in northeast India, an area with the world?s highest population of Asiatic elephants. The conservationists construct fences of jute fiber, then smear them with auto grease and bhut jolokia, or ghost chilies. They are also using chili smoke bombs to keep the animals away.” - Environmental Graffiti

“Wildlife experts in Assam are experimenting with the world’s hottest pepper to prevent wild elephants from destroying homes and crops and attacking people who live close to the pachyderm’s habitat, the Associated Press reported. ” - National Geographic News

“Super-hot chilli is in use in remote northeast India to keep marauding elephants from destroying homes and crops and killing people in villages close to their habitat.” - Pravda.Ru

“During the last 20 years elephants have been hemmed in by the increasing number of people moving into the area in search of arable land. As a result, the animals increasingly destroy crops as they roam and search for food.” - The World Bank Group