Friday, October 27, 2006

Wild Elephants Kill 7 Persons in Five Days

Wild Elephants Kill 7 Persons in Five Days
Somnath Banstola
The Himalayan Times
October 26, 2006

With the death of a person due to an attack of a wild elephant in Sunsari this morning, the death toll from attacks of wild elephants in Sunsari and Morang in eastern Nepal has reached seven in five days. Rahim Miyan, 50, a resident of Pakali VDC-2, Sunsari, was trampled to death by a wild elephant this morning.
Miyan had come out of the house in the morning to urinate when the wild elephant attacked him, according to the in-charge of the Area Police Office Pakali, Prem Subba. Miyan’s disfigured body was found on the in front of his house, Subba said. The villagers later chased away the elephant.

One Dhan Bahadur Tamang of Morang Madhumall-9 was killed by wild elephant on October 21. The next day, wild elephant killed Narendra Pandey of Morang Kerabari-3, Ganesh Bahadur Raut of Panchkanya-3, Sushma Bhujel and Padam Maya Budhathoki of Bajhgara Dharan-15. Similarly, Dhan Kumari Rai of Khotang, who had arrived at her maternal home in Hasposa of Sunsari to celebrate Bhaitika, was trampled to death by a wild elephant on October 23. Meanwhile, 30 families of Madhumalla of Morang, issuing a joint press statement on Thursday, have warned to launch agitation if the government didn't take any initiative to control the elephant menace.

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/Index.asp

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