Jumbo In Revenge Attack On Trains

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 8, August 2010

Was it pining for the tusker run over by a train in Chapramari on August 5? Or the juvenile crushed under a speeding engine on July 19? Forest officials cannot shake off the uncanny coincidence. In fact, the bull is suspected to be part of the herd that had unwittingly run on to the track in Gulma last month and saw one of their own being hit and dragged 50 metres down the track, squealing and screaming in the agony of death. Read the full report here.

Source: Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, TNN, Kolkata.

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