Bernama
September 29, 2008
KATHMANDU, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- Local administration in southeastern Nepal has directed the district forest office to kill a wild elephant that has killed 13 people and destroyed property of locals, China's Xinhua news agency reported Monday.
According to forest officer Jeeban Kumar Thakur of the local administration of Lahan, Siraha district, some 130 km southeast of Nepali capital Kathmandu, issued the direction during a meeting held at the forest office on Sunday by using the authority under the Local Administration Act.
The administration asked the forest officials to try to chase the elephant at first and kill it if posed threat to public security.
The elephant has killed 13 persons in Siraha and Saptari districts so far, destroyed 100 houses and damaged crops.
A six-member team led by Dr. Thakur Prasad Gaire from Chitwan National Park, at the direction of Ministry for Forest and Soil Conservation, has already arrived in Siraha to kill the beast.
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