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A 65-year-old antheral was killed successful a chaotic elephant onslaught successful Kerala’s Wayanad territory connected Wednesday, the latest successful a drawstring of human-wildlife struggle incidents reported from the State.
The victim, identified arsenic Raju, a nonmigratory of the Pulimoodkunnu Michabhoomi country successful Kattikulam, was earnestly injured erstwhile the elephant attacked him astir 10 am, officials said.
The onslaught occurred portion wood officials and residents were attempting to thrust the elephant distant aft it entered a populated area.
Raju sustained terrible injuries and was rushed to the Mananthavady Medical College Hospital.
Doctors aboriginal decided to displacement him to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital for specialised attraction arsenic his information worsened.
However, helium died earlier helium could beryllium transferred.
The incidental has erstwhile again highlighted the increasing occupation of human-elephant struggle successful Kerala’s forest-fringe regions, wherever encounters betwixt radical and chaotic animals person go progressively common.
Just a time earlier, a pistillate was killed successful an elephant onslaught astatine Chinnakkanal successful the elevation territory of Idukki, an country that has witnessed repeated elephant intrusions into quality settlements.
Similar cases person been reported from different forest-bordering districts, fuelling concerns among residents implicit information and prompting demands for stronger mitigation measures.
