Female rhino shot dead

A full grown female rhino was shot dead in Kaziranga National park. This incident took place near Agoratoli range. After the Rhino was shot dead her horn was extracted.

Once the wardens heard gunshots they went in pursue of the poachers. There was a fight between the two sides. Two poachers were killed while the others escaped. The fight lasted for about 30 minutes.

And do you know that this year, 10 rhinos have been killed. In 2008, 18 rhinos have been killed. In 2009, 14 rhinos have been killed.

Young male elephant wounded by a train

A 25 years old male elephant was badly wounded by a train in Dehradun. This incident happened on 21 October 2010.  The elephant was killed at 8 in the night.

The elephant was grievously wounded. The elephant has a fracture between its hip joint and thigh. It is badly wounded, but now there is hope that the elephant will survive.

The elephant is being given antibiotics, vitamins and calcium.

Hope the poor elephant recovers.

If you want to know more on this accident have a look at this link http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6832327.cms

Seven elephants killed in a train accident

Seven elephants were killed by a goods train on Wednesday 11 September 2010 in India. This incident happened in JALPAIGURI district 1.5km from BANERHAT station. Three adult females, two young elephants, a full grown male elephant and a calf got killed.  dTwo young elephants were walking on the railway track when the signal came and the railway track closed. The baby elephants got trapped. The other elephants came to rescue them, and then the train came and killed them. One elephant charged at the train and the driver made the train speed up even faster and killed the elephant. Two elephants were badly wounded but not dead. They even managed to drag themselves out of the railway track. They died the next morning.

The place had no big trees and it was a moonlit night.  The driver would have been able to see the elephants. If the driver had been driving at a good speed he would have been able to stop the train from hitting all the elephants.

If you want to read more have a look at this link  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goods-train-mows-downs-7-elephants/articleshow/6616632.cms In this link there is also a video on the accident.

Have a look at this video on the accident. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzHM4ANRp3w