Villages to build defences against elephant attacks
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-09-07 08:51
Special walls or dikes must be built outside some villages near Xishuangbanna
of Yunnan Province to prevent wild elephants from attacking locals or damaging
their crops.
Since 1998, up to 23 locals have been killed by the elephants, which are said
to reacting to shrinking habitats.
Conflicts between the elephants and local people have been worsening over the
past eight years, as the elephant population has increased.
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