18 Elephants Killed After Being Struck By Lightning In India
According to the publication The Hindu, the elephants were located in the Kandali Proposed Reserve Forest of Assam’s Nagon district. Assam’s chief wildlife warden, M.K. Yadava, said: “The local staff said 18 elephants have died and lightning is most likely the cause.” “There have been cases of lightning striking animals down. Lightning claimed five elephants in West Bengal some time ago, but this is huge,” Yadava added. While speaking to the Press Trust of India (PTI), Assam’s principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife), Amit Sahay, said that when his team arrived to the reserve forest on Thursday, they discovered 18 elephant carcasses in two different groups....