Elephant festival in India
(Reuters) Updated: 2007-01-06 11:23
Elephants stand during an elephant festival at the
Kaziranga National Park, about 235 km (146 miles) east from Guwahati, the main
city of India's north-east state of Assam, January 5, 2007. The festival is
organised every year in January and February to create awareness among the
people about the habits of the animal so that they can live together in peace.
As their traditional habitats are taken over by man, elephants have been raiding
military depots, drinking liquor, terrorising and killing villagers, destroying
their farm houses and leaving a trail of destruction in large parts of Assam.
[Reuters]
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