Five killed in mammoth attack in a year in Jhapa
According to the Division Forest Office, the majority of them were killed by wild elephants while working in the forest or on farmland.
KATHMANDU: In the current fiscal year, five people have died as a result of a wild elephant attack in Jhapa.
According to the Jhapa Division Forest Office, two elephants were also killed during this time period. The elderly were all killed in the wild mammoth attacks.
According to the Division Forest Office, the majority of them were killed by wild elephants while working in the forest or on farmland.
Pena Kisan, 70, of Mechinagar Municipality-9, Ganesh Prasad Adhikari, 63, of Damak Municipality-3, Khamba Singh Karki, 71, of Mechinagar Municipality-13, Ram Bahadur Burja, 60, of Bhadrapur Municipality-9, and Krishna Bahadur Bhujel, 77, of Kankai Municipality were among those killed in the wild mammoth attack, according to assistant forester Raj Kumar
According to assistant forester Khatri, the majority of the attacks occurred in the early morning or late at night. 13 of the wild elephants that come from India in herds on a daily basis have settled permanently in Jhapa’s forest.
For the past four decades, humans and elephants have been at odds in Jhapa. Human lives and property have been lost as a result of wild elephant attacks, according to elephant conservationist Shanker Luintel.
Meanwhile, a young elephant and an adult elephant were discovered dead in Jhapa district at Ayabari of Buddha Shanti Rural Municipality-5 and Dahijhoda community forest of Arjundhara Municipality-4, respectively, according to Khatri.
Electric fencing was discovered around the dead mammoths, implying that the wild elephants were intentionally electrocuted by locals, he believes.
