Assam Elephant Drifts From Herd In Floods Dies After Travelling Some 1600 Km To Bangladesh

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Assam Elephant Drifts From Herd In Floods Dies After Travelling Some 1600 Km To Bangladesh


An Assam elephant, who is believed to have travelled over 1,000 kms after separating from his herd, died in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The elephant, it is being supposed, was separated from his herd because of the severe floods in Assam recently. He then began walking towards Bangladesh and authorities suspect he walked around 1,600 kms. Authorities tranquilised the animal three times in an effort to transport him to a safari park in Bangladesh after he crossed the border in late June. He was given huge amounts of saline and chained in a paddy field in a northern village to recover but officials say he was "too week and tired" from his journey. Wildlife conservator Ashit Ranjan Paul told AFP he died at 7am. Locals are blaming authorities for his death saying he died because he was too weak from multiple tranquilisations but Mr Paul said it was because of long journey and curious villagers hampering rescue efforts by following him.



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