Forest, Rail Meet To Save Jumbo

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 9, September 2010

The decisions came at a meeting of officials of the state forest department and the Northeast Frontier Railways at the forest bungalow in Gorumara National Park, some 70km from here.

Among those present was Project Elephant director A.N. Prasad.

On Wednesday night, a goods train speeding through the forests of the Dooars had cut through a herd of wild elephants, killing seven in the largest single-incident casualty in recent memory. Read the full report here.

Source: The Telegraph, Siliguri.

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