Villagers – who otherwise venerate Ganesh – resort to poison, gunfire or dangling live wires from overhead electricity cables to try to deter elephantine raiders from their rice paddies. One dead elephant was daubed with the angry graffito, ‘Dhan Chor Bin Laden’ (‘Rice Thief Bin Laden’).
Villagers – who otherwise venerate Ganesh – resort to poison, gunfire or dangling live wires from overhead electricity cables to try to deter elephantine raiders from their rice paddies. One dead elephant was daubed with the angry graffito, ‘Dhan Chor Bin Laden’ (‘Rice Thief Bin Laden’).