{"id":54292,"date":"2026-01-12T08:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=54292"},"modified":"2026-01-12T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:34:17","slug":"elephant-kills-20-in-indian-state-as-rescue-efforts-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=54292","title":{"rendered":"Elephant kills 20 in Indian state as rescue efforts continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 20 people have been killed by a wild elephant in nine days in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials have said, adding that the animal is yet to be captured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deaths occurred between 1 and 9 January in the Chaibasa and Kolhan forest areas of West Singhbhum district, which are part of one of the largest Sal forests in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Human-elephant conflict has been reported in the region for years, with officials and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/385700401_HUMAN_ELEPHANT_CONFLICT_AND_STATUS_OF_HABITAT_IN_CHAIBASA_FOREST_DIVISION_WEST_SINGHBHUM_DISTRICT_JHARKHAND_INDIA\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">researchers<\/a>&nbsp;linking it to shrinking forest cover, habitat fragmentation and increased human activity near elephant corridors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A massive search operation involving more than 100 forest personnel is under way to locate the elephant, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is an unprecedented situation. It&#8217;s the first time such a pattern of fatalities has been linked to a single male elephant in the region,&#8221; said divisional forest officer Kuldeep Meena, adding that the entire area had been put on high alert to prevent further loss of life and property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their immediate priority, he said, was to trace, capture and safely return the animal into the wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">District magistrate Chandan Kumar told the BBC that a forest worker is among the 20 people who have died. Authorites have announced monetary compensation for their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC: At least 20 people have been killed by a wild elephant in nine days in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials have said, adding that the animal is yet to be captured. The deaths occurred between 1 and 9 January in the Chaibasa and Kolhan forest areas of West Singhbhum district, which are part of one of the largest Sal forests in Asia. Human-elephant conflict has been reported in the region for years, with officials and&nbsp;researchers&nbsp;linking it to shrinking forest cover, habitat fragmentation and increased human activity near elephant corridors. A massive search operation involving more than 100&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54294,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54292\/revisions\/54294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}