March 20, 2011

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In India and Sri Lanka, where the struggle is most intense, more than 400 elephants and 250 humans are killed each year. Sharks, by contrast, kill fewer than half a dozen swimmers a year worldwide.

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  1. Joel Bernstein on March 20th, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    Never Forget

  2. Derek White on March 21st, 2011 at 1:22 am

    The elephants are leading the animal uprising.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on March 21st, 2011 at 8:46 am

    My love of elephants sometimes makes me cry.

  4. Sheila Ryan on March 21st, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Elephants can also be clever tacticians. Staffer Dhruba Das has for four years been tracking a “gang” of half a dozen young bulls led by a massive male named Tara, who has taught his charges to open compound gates and neatly break into kitchens and food storage sheds without destroying them. They have not killed, preferring to surround a house, stationing two at the front, one in the back to keep frightened people inside while a fourth homes in on food with his trunk. The loot is then shared.

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