27-11-2017 16:04 via theguardian.com

Indian police use elephants to evict illegal settlers

Animals were used in protected forest area in Assam, where authorities want to demolish about 1,000 bamboo and tin hutsIndian police have taken the unusual step of using elephants in an attempt to evict hundreds of people living illegally in a protected forest area in the country’s remote north-east. Related: More than 1,000 people killed in India as human and wildlife habitats collideContinue reading...
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