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Runaway frenzied elephant herd breaks into Bangladesh park |
2022-01-03 |
[GEO.TV] COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: A herd of endangered wild elephants are rampaging through a safari park in Bangladesh, with officials warning Sunday the creatures were acting aggressively and posed a serious safety threat.The herd of at least 13 elephants knocked down a seven-foot (two-metre) concrete wall to break into the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, north of the resort city of Cox's Bazar, earlier this week. "They are very restless, frightened and acting as if they are cornered. They are now very dangerous for other animals and our visitors," said park official Mazharul Islam. The reserve is home to over 1,300 animals — including Bengal tigers, hippos and other threatened species — and sees around 5,000 visitors each day in winter. "We are worried for the park's visitors," Islam said. "Night patrolling is getting difficult as the elephants are very agitated and they go wild very easily." Fewer than 100 elephants remain in the South Asian country, where shrinking habitats and dwindling food supplies have resulted in growing conflict with humans. Another official said the elephants were frightened because of increasing encroachment on their land by farmers and the killing of a dozen members of their herd in the past two years. Scarcity of food has driven elephants to invade rice fields where they were often killed by electric fences, he added. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 #4 "Happiest place on earth" ... that pachyderm punchfest made this viewer happy 😂 |
Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-01-03 22:42 |
#7 At a family party, my brother-in-law and nephew were trying hot sauces. They treated on that was literally just mashed peppers, uncut by vinegar, just like a hot sauce. They regretted it. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-01-03 21:40 |
#6 Could this be why we have not heard from our pal Dron* lately, that he is out inciting rebellion amongst the elephants? |
Posted by: SteveS 2022-01-03 17:24 |
#5 jolokia mash The Bhut jolokia, also known as ghost pepper, ghost chili pepper, or ghost chili is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-03 10:46 |
#4 |
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-03 10:03 |
#3 I read somewhere that game wardens in India were having nice success by coating fences with grease mixed with jolokia mash. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-01-03 07:40 |
#2 "...and the killing of a dozen members of their herd in the past two years...". Sounds like they are waking up to a threat. |
Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2022-01-03 07:38 |
#1 "Elephants, you can't rampage in here! This is the Safari Park!" |
Posted by: Grusolet Peacock5728 2022-01-03 03:22 |