Friday, 10. June 2005
Topic: NATURE - on June 10, 2005 at 9:09:00 AM CEST
Chilli bombs to combat elephants
Wildlife experts in India's north-eastern state of Assam are trying out tripwires and "red chilli bombs" to keep wild elephants away from villages.
The battery-operated devices with warning bells are being fixed a few hundred metres from houses to warn people in good time of coming animals.
The measures are aimed at preventing herds of wild elephants from destroying crops and attacking villagers.
In the past 15 years, elephants have killed more than 600 people in Assam.
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