SEPEMBER 28, 2010
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September 24, 2010 was a bad day to be an elephant in India. Seven elephants were killed by a fast-moving freight train in the eastern part of the country, in a section between two wildlife protection zones. The law calls for trains to slow down when traveling in this area but the law is routinely ignored.
This particular incident happened when two baby elephants walked onto the tracks. A large group of older elephants went onto the tracks to protect the babies and tried to save them from the approaching train. A collision occurred on the full moon lit night that resulted in seven elephants being killed. One of the elephants was dragged nearly a quarter of a mile where it died, four died at the scene and two died hours later from their injuries. The two baby elephants were among the dead.
The tracks were blocked for several hours by a herd of elephants who came to the scene to guard the seven dead elephants and an eighth elephant that was injured bur survived.
Recently, more than twenty elephants have been killed by trains in this area in a little over a year.
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