Channel: News Hour India

Category: Pets & Animals

Tags: assamsafariwild elephantskaziranga national parktea gardenelephant safarilionupper assamelephantsindia forestjunglenumaligarhtigerswildlife

Description: People Tease Herd of wild Elephants crossing Road, WATCH What Happens NEXT A herd of wold elephants were crossing the road at Numaligarh in Upper Assam, northeast India. Local villagers started teasing the tuskers. Pascal Munda of Morongi tea estate paid a high price for teasing wild elephants. On Sunday evening, tea garden workers came face to face with a herd of wild elephants crossing the National Highway 39. As can be seen from the images, the workers and passers-by attempted to chase the animals, despite the fact that only a few of them had previously approached the elephants. One of the herd members became enraged by the constant baiting and teasing and pursued the people. Pascal fell while attempting to flee the chasing elephant and was stomped by the enraged animal. He lost his life at Golaghat Civil Hospital.