Villagers' detention reignites elephants row

The detention of six villagers for killing a wild elephant in Yunnan province has brought the growing conflict between residents and the elephants into the spotlight again.

The conflict has been triggered by a struggle for resources amid economic growth.

A wild elephant crushed farmland and destroyed crops in Mengla, a county in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, in August 2007. Villagers fired two shots to scare the animal but found it dead next day. They then ate the elephant.