Hunter Fells Elephant That Killed 15 In India
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published August 12, 2017 | 09:55 PM
India's top hunter told on Saturday how he felled a rogue elephant which had killed 15 people in a series of attacks since March
NEW DELHI, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Aug, 2017 ) - India's top hunter told on Saturday how he felled a rogue elephant which had killed 15 people in a series of attacks since March.
Nawab Shafat Ali Khan told AFP he shot the elephant late Friday just hours after being called in by authorities. Saturday was World Elephant Day. Khan said he shot the elephant at point-blank range, but before the animal fell it tried to swing its trunk at the hunting party, forcing him to fire a second time.
"If we had been hit by his truck it could have been fatal. It was a dangerous operation," Khan said of the hunt in Sahibganj district of the eastern state of Jharkhand . The marauding elephant, believed to have lost its way after becoming separated from its herd, crushed four victims victims in Bihar state in March before crossing into neighbouring Jharkhand and killing 11 more.
Jharkhand's chief forest and wildlife conservator L.R. Singh said the decision to kill the animal came after a week-long operation to try to tranquilise and capture the elephant.
"It was quite a difficult operation because of the thick bushes and since the animal had turned rogue it charged at us before I pulled the trigger," Khan said.
About 100 people including forest officials and villagers took part in the hunt, but Khan said he was the only person authorised to shoot. The area is inhabited by the Paharia tribe, one of the poorest indigenous tribal communities in India.
In 2014, Khan was licensed by the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to capture or kill a man-eating tiger that was believed to have killed eight people. The environment ministry estimates a human dies every day in India in clashes with endangered animals -- the vast majority crushed by elephants.
Experts say violent encounters between elephants and humans are increasing as forests are cleared for human settlements and industry.
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