- 7 forest divisions falling under 3 districts of West Bengal’s southern region in grip of man-elephant confrontation, posing a big challenge to forest and district officials
- May 24- elephant killed a 70-year-old villager in Jhragram subdivision in west Medinipur district, May 14- elephant herd trample another villager in Lalgarh area of the district
- Over last one decade 241 people killed by elephants, but alarmingly majority of 50 elephants killed during the same period due to natural reasons
- Increasing number of human deaths are attributed to rise in number of migratory elephants entering Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia districts in the last few years
- 2 trained elephants or Kunkies to be used by forest officials to drive away rampaging elephants at Kota mandal covering about 6 forest areas, elephants caused damage to crop in area on May 26
- Read at : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/manelephant-conflict-claims-over-240-lives-in-10-years/article6051722.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kunkies-to-be-deployed-to-tackle-wild-elephants/article6051629.ece
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