India

Elephant raging through Indian city

On the other hand is the proverbial bull in a China shop a Schmusestier: An elephant went on a rampage in the Indian city of Siliguri. Hurt no one – even the bull is not.

A wild elephant has in the city of Siliguri in northeast India homes and vehicles demolished. The bull was probably from his flock have been separated and have the city run, announced the Forstminister of the Indian state of West Bengal, Binay Krishna Barman, with.

Veritable Rampage

The elephant is literally run Amok, and in nearly one hundred buildings and vehicles crashed, according to the Minister. People were not injured. Residents of Siliguri were full of fear, in security, many started to panic. Others tried, gone wild animal by throwing stones to dislodge. People were from elephants, but not hurt.

The quietly asked the animal is on a truck loaded

Only after hours it reaches gamekeepers and policemen, the frightened animal with Betäubungspfeilen as. The pachyderm was on a truck lifted and in the woods.

Habitat at risk

Deforestation, poaching and increasing development limit the habitat of India’s estimated 27,000 to 31,000 a wild elephants is increasingly a. In search of food penetrate the animals therefore increasingly in cities and villages, it is also again and again to attacks on the residents. Siliguri is an important railway junction and connects the Darjeeling Region with the Rest of the country.

wl/se (dpa, afp)