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“According to the park wardens, meat — and hunger — is the main reason behind these killings, not ivory. This is not surprising given the dire poverty that affects much of the population in this part of the Congo.”- Ottawa Citizen

“More than 35 tuskers have been killed in past three years in Athgarh Forest Division, according to unofficial figures. However, the official figure stands at 21. In past six months alone, nine tuskers have been killed - four in Narsinghpur (West), three in Narsinghpur (East) and two in Khuntuni range.” - Newindpress.com

“In the last few days, we have received reports that poachers have killed 17 elephants in the Virunga National Park in the Congo, at least 6 tigers in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park and 6 rhinos in northern India and Nepal.” - Wildlife Extra

“A 15-year old elephant in Uttarakhand has got electrocuted after it dashed against a high-tension electric wire.
The forest officials said that they were informed about the electrocution of the elephant on Thursday.” - Thaindian News

“A man was injured after a wild elephant attacked him in Kerala Thursday morning.” - Bombay News

“An upsurge of elephant poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in the killing of 14 elephants in the past two weeks by militias, the military, and local villagers. Four were felled by an ex-Rwandan Hutu FDLR militia, formerly known as Interahamwe. Three elephants were murdered by the local Mai-Mai militia (PARECO), five by the Congolese military (FARDC), and two by local villagers. From eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park where the slaughter occurred, Emmanuel de Morode, who heads the conservation group Wildlife Direct, says the killing frenzy was also encouraged by a readily available pool of weapons.” - VOA News

“A man was injured after a wild elephant attacked him in Kerala Thursday morning. Forest officials identified the victim as Muhammed, reportedly a worker of a farm owned by the Plantation Corp of Kerala at Munderi, around 40 km from here.” - Thaindian News

“An enormous elephant has successfully eluded darting with a sedative and seems reluctant to be relocated – so a conservationist grabs the beast by the tail and pulls.” - AdelaideNow

“A rampaging herd of elephants trampled to death two villagers in Purulia this evening.” - The Telegraph

“Rangers in the Democratic Republic of Congo believe that rising demand for ivory in China is to blame for an unprecedented wave of elephant poaching in one of the country’s war-torn national parks.” - Hunger drives elephant killings
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“Concerned about the increasing incidents of captive elephants turning violent in Kerala, Mumbai-based Zachariah Mathew has developed a new device to rein in animals that run amok. “I was deeply disturbed when I heard that an elephant turned violent and trampled three people to death at a temple festival in Thrissur earlier this month. In a matter of few days, I designed a nylon belt fitted with a remote controlled device that could lock the legs of the elephant by the press of a button,” Mathew, managing director of Mumbai-based Senzo Engineering, told reporters here Saturday.”- Thaindian News

“Every summer, a tragedy unfolds in Kerala. Somewhere or the other, elephants trained to participate in temple festivals turn on their trainers and the religious congregation around them and stampede. Sometimes, they kill people. On April 24, an elephant ran amok at a temple near the coastal Thrissur city trampling an elderly woman to death and killing two men, including a mahout (while its own sat atop terrified) who it impaled on its tusk.” - Tehelka

“A mother elephant with its calf, electrocuted by a low dangling high-tension electric cable, died on the spot at Badrama Ghati range along Sambalpur-Deogarh districts border in Orissa.” - Thaindian News

“Fourteen rare elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park have been killed since mid-April, a conservation group says.” - BBC NEWS

“An upsurge of elephant poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in the killing of 14 elephants in the past two weeks by militias, the military, and local villagers.” - VOA News