An elephant thought to have travelled at least 1,000 miles (1,600km) from India into Bangladesh after floods separated it from the herd has died, despite efforts to save it. The distressed animal was tranquillised three times during repeated attempts to transport it to a safari park in Bangladesh, after the elephant crossed the border in late June. A mahout was critically injured during another rescue effort on Monday after being kicked by the tranquillised elephant. But Paul said the journey to the safari park was responsible and rescue efforts had been hampered by thousands of curious villagers following the elephant. “Thousands of villagers followed it every day as it entered into Bangladesh and then travelled to villages and river islands across the Brahmaputra river.”

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2016 07:52 UTC