Peeved pachyderms

The elephants are tired of humans who won't share their food, or space. They are fighting back, and is it any wonder?
 
More recent wild (livid?) elephant attacks; this time in China


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinas-threatened-elephants-turn-into-killers-973833.html
 
Headline -

Elephant kills mother and child

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/elephant-kills-mother-and-baby-1859514.html

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Details are rather thin in this report, so I did a search - didn't find anything extra - but I thought this record of an almost identical attack 6 years ago was noteworthy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3818833.stm

After this attack the elephant actually BURIED the victims under some leaves and twigs!!!
 
Army hunts 'mad' killer elephant in Nepal: 'Wild beast' pulls couple from bed then tramples them to death

Elephant kills four people in three months in Nepal

Soldiers told to find and kill it

A killer elephant is being hunted by Nepalese soldiers today after it strayed into villages and killed four people in three months.

The rogue wild elephant walked into a thatched house in Gardi village adjoining Chitwan National Park, 50 miles south of Kathmandu, pulled a couple in their 60s from their bed and trampled them to death, said Shiva Ram Gelal, assistant district administrator from Bharatpur, the nearest city.

Nepal has about 300 elephants, including around 100 domesticated adults which take tourists on jungle rides in the country's many safari resorts.

Most are found on the sub-equatorial plains of the southern Terai, where contact with humans is a regular problem.

The same animal killed two other villagers within the last three months, park officials said.

'We have given orders to the army to shoot the elephant that has gone mad,' Gelal told Reuters.

'Soldiers are now searching for it.'

Nepal has about 300 elephants, including more than 100 domesticated ones which are used by hotels and national parks to take tourists on jungle rides to watch wild animals like one-horned Asian rhinoceroses and Bengal tigers.

Elephants are protected by law and anyone convicted of killing one faces up to 15 years in jail, but Gelal said the Local Administration Act - a Nepali law - allowed authorities to kill the animal if it was responsible for the loss of human life.


Recent elephant poaching incidents have led an WWF expert to warn that the species could face localised extinctions if it continues.

She said of the threats to animals such as elephants, rhinos and tigers: 'These are iconic species, they are being exploited and it's illegal and should be stopped.'

Species with high value to illegal traders had seen dramatic declines in recent years, including forest elephants in parts of the Congo basin, Asian elephant, Sumatran rhino and Javan rhino.

_http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249453/Soldiers-hunt-killer-elephant-Nepal-pulls-elderly-couple-bed-tramples-death.html

Looks like it's not only humans that are presently going crazy world wide, but perhaps also the more highly evolved mammals like this elephant.
 
Elephants are being exterminated for their tusks and genitals.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/world/africa/africas-elephants-are-being-slaughtered-in-poaching-frenzy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

They are intelligent, sentient beings who are loyal to their herd, have been found to be able to paint pictures in captivity if a paintbrush is given to them, they have been brought together to form an elephant orchestra, and it has recently been found that a particular elephant in Korea has been able to "speak" several Korean words by putting its trunk in its mouth.

Our dismissal of the sentience and inner life of animals was brought to us by Descartes, who held a demonstration in which a dog or dogs was or were nailed to a barn and as they screamed he assured his audience that their cries were just a mechanical response that didn't mean anything because dogs, he said, couldn't feel.

To switch briefly from elephants to primates, I remember seeing a Youtube where a young primate possibly a gorilla signed the story of his capture and his mother's death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfNc3IjDrGUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfNc3IjDrGUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfNc3IjDrGU

I just wish my fellow humans would act better to nature, to animals, and to ourselves.
 
Yes, so sad for elephants, PTSD from the constant traumatic conditions in which they live. Matriarchs are all these young elephants now because the older ones are slaughtered for ivory trinkets. China's presence in Africa and armed militias mean easy access and it's easy to gun down a herd. There is constant wildlife conflict over habitat loss for Asian and African elephants. Then there is palm oil in southeast Asia, which is in about 50% of grocery items, which is destroying their habitat. They get their trunks blown off with explosives hidden in food, fall into pits with spikes. All for kit kat and pringles etc and "green" cleaning products.
Poaching is at an all time high and it is so utterly heartbreaking.
 
Love is cruel: Elephant smashes cars after getting 'dumped' in China
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It’s never easy getting rejected just before Valentine’s Day, but it’s harder to swipe your frustrations away on Tinder or drown your sorrows in a bottle of whiskey when you’re an elephant – which, presumably, is why this dumped Dumbo took it out on a street full of cars. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/74hr



Lovelorn elephant smashes cars after getting dumped (VIDEO)
Published time: 14 Feb, 2016 12:42
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It’s never easy getting rejected just before Valentine’s Day, but it’s harder to swipe your frustrations away on Tinder or drown your sorrows in a bottle of whiskey when you’re an elephant – which, presumably, is why this dumped Dumbo took it out on a street full of cars.

After losing a potential mate to another male, this wild elephant in China released some tension through a bit of stampy stampy, smashy smashy.

Officials from Xishuangbanna said the male elephant wandered out of a nature reserve on Friday after being rejected, probably so his friends wouldn’t see him hit rock bottom.

After about 20 minutes of “playing” with cars, he eventually realized he didn’t like her that much anyway, was probably better off single anyway, and returned to the reserve.

READ MORE: 'Far-left' activists smash luxury cars in Berlin police protest

No people were hurt in the rampage, except for the pachyderm’s big broken heart, which should mend after a good night on the town with some mates.

A total of 15 cars were damaged, but not to worry, as the government said they will cover all repairs for those who don’t have an “emotionally fragile elephant rampage” clause in their insurance policy.

Eyewitnesses seemed to enjoy the moment, too.

“The tourists were quite excited to see a real wild elephant, and they were using their cellphones to take photos and videos. Even the owners of some damaged cars found the experience to be thrilling and very interesting, although their cars got scraped,” a government spokesperson said.

Hopefully the elephant doesn’t feel too much shame, especially since he’ll never forget what happened.

And besides, human breakups can be way more destructive and/or embarrassing.
 

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