Elephant kills 350 yearly in india

An Indian government study
published on Wednesday in New
Delhi said at least 350 people were
killed in that country each year by
elephants.
The study, which was carried out by
the Association of Indian Zoo and
Wildlife Veterinarians , also stated
that crops covering about 13,000
hectares of land were damaged by
elephants in 2013 and 2014.
Electric fences and deep ditches
were inadequate to keep the
pachyderms out of agricultural
fields, the study said.
It added that the fences and ditches,
which were regularly built without
the participation of the locals were
often poorly constructed and not
properly checked.
Some 30,000 elephants live in India,
according to official figures, and the
numbers are growing.
Animal campaigners estimated that
between 2008 and 2011, some 121
elephants were killed in the wild in
India, with another 50 dying in road
accidents and 111 dying because of
electric shocks.