http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20150702
About 300 elephants have suffered death in Orissa, India over the past couple years.
Most of the deaths were caused by electricity wires hanging from the electric path so the elephants got an electric shock and died.
But deaths were also caused by poising from farmers, trying to protect their fields. Elephants were running through their crops and damaging it. The farmers tried to stop this by spraying poison on their fields.
Some elephants were also poached, people are hunting them, which is not very ethical.
This is a serious problem in india, because elephants are becoming extinct. It is also very unusual because elephants are worshipped by a large amount of people there, so the sinking number of elephants has caused a serious conflict between people killing the elephants and people trying to protect nature and the animals.
Members from the forest, envorinment and energy departments are trying to fight against these procedures and trying to stop the deaths.
About 300 elephants have suffered death in Orissa, India over the past couple years.
Most of the deaths were caused by electricity wires hanging from the electric path so the elephants got an electric shock and died.
But deaths were also caused by poising from farmers, trying to protect their fields. Elephants were running through their crops and damaging it. The farmers tried to stop this by spraying poison on their fields.
Some elephants were also poached, people are hunting them, which is not very ethical.
This is a serious problem in india, because elephants are becoming extinct. It is also very unusual because elephants are worshipped by a large amount of people there, so the sinking number of elephants has caused a serious conflict between people killing the elephants and people trying to protect nature and the animals.
Members from the forest, envorinment and energy departments are trying to fight against these procedures and trying to stop the deaths.
Also, this is especially important because as we saw in the Planet in Peril video we watched in class, elephants are a keystone species. Elephants create habitat for other organisms and they allow various vegetation species to germinate only after passing through their digestive system and excreted as waste. They may not be the top carnivores, but they are the top herbivores in an ecosystem that so many other species depend on. So, instead of using poison, what can farmers do in India to help save these important species?
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