INCIDENT WHICH DEFIS NATURE : ANIMAL Vs. HUMAN

In a shocking incident which took place in the Garo hills of Meghalaya, a man was killed and devoured by a wild elephant. As per the report a man who came in the way of the herd was killed and devoured by the elephant.

The incident had taken place nearly a month ago and the same was confirmed by the Principal ChiefConservator of forests of Meghalaya, VK Nautiyal, who had been to Delhi for a conference of top forest officials in the country. He said that it was not normal for an elephant to eat a man. And had added that it was unlikely that the animal would develop a taste for blood or turn into a carnivore.

Elephants are strictly herbivores and usually eat grass. There have been many incidents where-in conflicts between human and elephants have taken place in which elephants have known to rampage, trample or batter humans to death. There have also been many incidents where elephants have entered farms and destroy huts and crops but there has never been an recorded incident of an elephant eating a human being.

This is surely an incident which defies nature.

DNA = Daily News & Analysis

Ban of Elephants in Mumbai

The government has put a ban on allowing domesticated or pet elephants to be walked around the streets of Mumbai. This was win situation for the animal rights activists who had been raising voice against the cruelty and abuse to the elephants. And I agree that it was very abusive towards the beautiful giants to make them walk the busy roads of Mumbai city. The Mahouts or the elephant owners use these poor giants for begging for them. They are used in marriages where they are used to carry Grooms and seen as status symbols. They are used in ceremonies during festivals. Rest of the time they have to walk down the busy mumbai streets full of traffic and pollution begging from mumbaites. Some offer money and some fruits which is collected by the elephants by their trunks and handed over to its mahavat or owner who is sitting on the back of the animal. It is a shame to see these gentle and beautiful giants turned into beggers by their mahavats making them collect money and fruits offered by people for them while themselves sitting on there back shamelessely. The elephants do not even get proper food even though they are the sole bread-earners for the entire mahavat family. The ban was a most necessary and welcome move. But still the same abuse and cruelty is going on everywhere in India. But anyway its a good begining.

This news was reported on MNBC and Zee News