Gut-Wrenching Image Shows Mother And Baby Elephant Running From Fire-Wielding Mob

Over 27,000 endangered Asian elephants live in India, with many in close proximity to residents of West Bengal. Unfortunately, the two do not co-exist peacefully. National Geographic reports that while elephants use 101 corridors to travel through India, only 20 percent of these belts of land don't have any human settlements. Much of the pachyderms' natural habitat has been taken away by humans. This crossing of paths has led to elephants damaging homes and destroying crops and farms. A number of people are even killed by elephants, with 18 dying in West Bengal between January and September 2015. Tensions are...

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