A residential house destroyed by wild elephants in the central province of Binh Thuan. Since 1999, the elephants appeared on more than 100 occasions, killing 10 people and destroying 20 houses and 200ha of vegetables.

2008-01-12 - VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam
Three wild elephants that escaped from Vu Quang national park have been causing concern among hundreds of households in the two communes of Huong Dien and Huong Quang in the central province of Ha Tinh. A residential house destroyed by wild elephants in the central province of Binh Thuan. Since 1999, the elephants appeared on more than 100 occasions, killing 10 people and destroying 20 houses and 200ha of vegetables. The elephants have crushed motorbikes in their path and stormed into residentia...

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