India There was a strong reaction to the death of an adult elephant when local people The crowd An elderly person The elephant After death in an attack by , tried to drive it away by hurling fiery spears and iron-tipped rods at the animal.
The elephant died shortly after being attacked by locals in the Jhargram district of the eastern state of West Bengal on Thursday, officials said, raising questions about the growing conflict between humans and elephants.
In a viral video of the attack, dozens of locals can be seen chasing a herd of elephants with large flame-throwing weapons on Thursday.
In another video posted on social media, the attacked elephant can be seen lying on the ground crying in pain from an open wound, which was probably caused by an iron rod. It also shows several iron nails on the lower back of a wounded elephant.
India’s national newspaper, The Times of India, reported that local workers in the department Forests Referring to the efforts to save him, said that eight hours after the attack, Hathani succumbed to his injuries.
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Police officials have filed a First Information Report (FIR) against unidentified persons — the first step in any police action in India — and said investigations are underway to identify those responsible for the elephant attack.
At least six elephants, including two baby elephants, were killed after a male elephant attacked and killed a local man in Jhargram’s Raj College Colony in the early hours of Thursday.
To control the situation, the forest department tasked local people to chase the animals using torches or loud noise-making devices, known as hula (noise) teams. At least 35 people came out with massive torches and chased the elephants.
Under India’s Wildlife Protection Act, it is prohibited to target wild animals by using and throwing fireballs.
The team also shot one of the male elephants with a tranquilizer spear on Thursday afternoon.
Wildlife activists and animal rights organizations in India have condemned the incident and the death of the elephant.
Wildlife activist Prerna Singh Bandra, who in 2018 challenged the use of fireballs to control wild animals in India’s Supreme Court, said, “This (measure) law (wild (Life Protection) Act, 1972 is against The Indian Supreme Court has put a complete ban on throwing fireballs to drive away elephants, however important, I petition.’
He added: ‘We claim to protect elephants, to worship them – but we cannot give them a place to live, we cannot give them a place physically or in our hearts. ‘
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2024-08-22 03:52:08
