Northeast’s premier biodiversity organization, Aaranyak on Monday expressed its deep concern and outrage regarding the recent incident involving the death of a female wild elephant inside the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd campus in Golaghat district of Assam.
According to reports, the incident occurred last night when a herd of wild elephants was roaming in the area, and one of the calves accidentally fell into a well situated near a local residence.
A herd of wild elephants in search of food entered Darechikgre village, outside Tura, in the early morning hours of Tuesday causing substantial damage to newly constructed cottages at a tourism site where work has been underway.