Guwahati: A forest official was killed during an elephant attack in Goalpara’s Lakhipur on Saturday.
As per reports, the deceased forest official has been identified as Antony Kahklary.
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He was killed while attempting to chase away a herd of wild elephants back to the forest as they had strayed out to the village area.
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The elephants had come out to the village in search of food but during their raid, they damaged several houses in the village.
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Along with Antony, two other forest guards were also injured.
It may be mentioned that the man-elephant conflict in Assam has been one of the major issues as most of the time it leads to the death of either the jumbos or humans.
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One major reason behind this has been termed to be deforestation and the expansion of human habitats into forest areas where wild animals live.