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Pachyderms kill couple, child

2010-07-27 - Sonitpur, India.

A couple and a child were trampled to death by wild elephants in the Biswanath Reserve Forest in northern Assam´s Sonitpur district late on Monday night. The incident occurred on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. From 2007 to 2009, Assam has recorded a total of 166 human deaths and 32 elephant deaths in incidents of man-elephant conflict. The figure shows an increasing trend, with 44 human deaths recorded in 2007, 52 in 2008 and 70 in 2009.


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Elephant dies after battling bullet wounds for a month

2009-09-14 - Sonitpur, India.

Battling for life for about a month with two bullet wounds in his head, a wild tusker succumbed to his injuries in Sonitpur district on Sunday afternoon. The carcass was spotted in a paddy field adjacent to the Behali Reserve Forest, about 180 km from Guwahati. A senior forest official said the elephant was about 20 years old and 6.5 ft tall.


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An elephant herd at Bokabeel

Tusker herd stalks Sootea. Villagers lose home and sleep

2008-01-04 - Sonitpur, India.

Putul Baruah and his family haven’t slept a wink in the past 48 hours. Neither have Birbahadur Dorji, Bolbahadur Karki, Ratan Das and Gyan Devi’s families. You can sleep only when you have a roof over your head, Putul said today, the anguish in his voice reflecting what he and the other villagers have had to endure since Wednesday. All five families watched helplessly as a herd of elephants rampaged through their paddy fields at Bokabeel near Sootea that night. The herd came calling again la...


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Three wild elephants electrocuted in Assam

2006-11-13 - Sonitpur, India.

Three Asiatic wild elephants have died of electrocution after a high tension wire fell on a herd in Assam, wildlife officials said Monday. A forest warden said an elephant herd Sunday strayed into the Behali tea plantation, about 230 km from here, and tripped over an electric pole. "The high tension wire first electrocuted a full-grown female elephant and immediately two of her calves tried to rescue her and in the process all the three died," Chandan Bora, divisional forest officer, told IANS b...


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4 Headlines about Elephants from Sonitpur2010-07-27 - Sonitpur, India - Pachyderms kill couple, child 2009-09-14 - Sonitpur, India - Elephant dies after battling bullet wounds for a month 2008-01-04 - Sonitpur, India - Tusker herd stalks Sootea. Villagers lose home and sleep 2006-11-13 - Sonitpur, India - Three wild elephants electrocuted in Assam

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