(12 Aug 2025)
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Amchang, Assam – 09 August 2025
1. An injured male elephant looking for food comes to the town of Amchang
2. Locals looking at the elephant, vehicles
3. The elephant standing next to a vehicle as other vehicles drive past him
4. Locals looking at the elephant, vehicles waiting to pass by
5. A bicycle falls as the elephant hits it with his tusks
6. Motorbike turning back
7. Woman with an infant watches the elephant pass by her house, moves backwards in fear
8. Various of locals lighting up a fire to scare away the elephant
9. Various of Sumit Sarkar a local resident feeding bread to the elephant, trying to move him away from the roadside
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10. Locals using torches and whistles to scare away the elephant
11. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Sumit Sarkar, local resident:
“He is our lord Ganesha, and we all believe so. We feel bad that this elephant has a broken leg. Whatever best we can provide (food) to our ability we feed him, we have been doing this for the past 5-6 months without any support from the forest officials.”
12. Sarker feeding the injured elephant
STORYLINE:
For months an injured male elephant, known as a tusker, has been frequenting a village on the outskirts of India’s northeastern Assam state in search of food, bringing him into contact with people living in the area.
The elephant often breaks into shops and helps himself to food on the shelves, prompting locals to erect steel fences and concertina wires in front of their houses and roadside kiosks.
Villagers have been providing the animal food and water, but its frequent visits — at least twice a day — halt traffic sometimes, forcing locals to shoo him away.
According to wildlife officials, the elephant has been unable to go back to the nearby Amchang Reserve forest after injuring his leg few months ago.
They say he has also been facing resistance from other elephants whenever he attempts to join a herd.
Elephants are increasingly coming into contact with people in India, as the human population of 1.4 billion soars and cities and towns grow at the expense of jungles and other elephant habitats.
In Assam, which has more than 5,000 wild Asian elephants, there have been many incidents in recent years where wild elephants have entered villages, destroyed crops and even killed people.
Wildlife activists say human encroachment has forced elephants out of their natural habitats, triggering conflicts with locals.
Conservationists have urged the government to prevent encroachments and create corridors that the elephants can use to move across forests in search of food.
AP Video by Anupam Nath
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