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| Hunt on for killer elephant Laden |
| 2006-12-16 |
| Rangers in India's Assam state have issued a shoot-on-sight order on a killer rogue elephant named after al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Laden has trampled 14 people to death in the past six months in the north-eastern state, officials say. Humans and elephants have come into greater conflict in recent years as man encroaches on jungle territories. The order came after the rogue bull killed a woman on Wednesday. So far he has eluded hunters. Assam's wildlife warden Chandan Bora said the order had been given to kill the rogue elephant within a week. But he said: "We've hired a licensed hunter to kill the rogue elephant but so far Laden is untraceable. "The hunter, accompanied by about five forest guards, is still in the jungles trying to hunt down Laden." Laden was branded a "rogue" - a violent, isolated elephant - in the summer after the deaths reached double figures. He was given his name by villagers in Assam's eastern district of Sonitpur. Assam sits on the corridor used by Siamese elephants, a corridor that stretches from northern Thailand to the foothills of Bhutan. A similar rogue elephant killed 12 people in a day in 1992 in the same district of Sonitpur. |
| Posted by:john |
| #1 He was given his name by villagers in Assam's eastern district of Sonitpur. presumably not muslims ? |
| Posted by: john 2006-12-16 18:36 |