Asom conservationists criticise officials for killing elephant

Daily India
December 22, 2006
The forest officials resorted to the extreme step after an elephant named 'Osama bin Laden' ran amok, killing 27 people. However, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) officials said 'Osama' was not the actual one who created the havoc, but a look-a-like.
"We always suspect this. We collected evidence, went to the spot and interviewed local people. They said that this is not the actual one who created havoc. And surprisingly very next night another person was killed by an elephant in the nearby village," said Anupam Sharma, a representative of the WWF.
Activists said forest officials hurriedly buried the elephant without verifying the foot prints, dimensions and other identifying marks that were the same as Osama

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