| Home
Only 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam
Tajikistan News.Net
Friday 27th November, 2009 (IANS)
There are only 80 elephants left in the wild in Vietnam and they are in danger due to illegal hunting and deforestation, state media reported Friday.
The state-run newspaper Lao Dong quoted experts at a Vietnam Forest Management Agency workshop on elephant preservation as saying the population was dropping fast.
Vietnamese press have reported several cases of elephants attacking humans in recent years. Elephants become more aggressive when their territory shrinks.
In January, 10 elephants charged at villagers in Ha Tinh province without causing injuries. In July 2008, a herd of 40 elephants destroyed several houses in the central highland province of Dak Lak, again without causing injuries.
In August 2007, forest warden Le Quang Kim was left paralysed after his neck was broken in an elephant attack.
Scientists at the workshop said if elephant territory could be protected from human encroachment and poachers, their numbers were likely to recover.  Email this story to a friend
Have your say on this story
|
 |
 |
- Costa Rica elects first woman president
San Jose, Feb 9 (IANS) fifty-year-old Laura Chinchilla became the first woman president of Costa Rica after she won 64.7 percent votes in the country's general election this weekend. [read story]
- Yanukovych wins Ukraine presidential vote
Kiev, Feb 9 (DPA) Viktor Yanukovych has effectively won Ukraine's presidential election with a 3.14 percentage-point margin of victory over his opponent, and practically all ballots counted, a senior election official said Monday. [read story]
- Multi-nation exercise Milan concludes successfully in Andaman
Port Blair, Feb 8 : The multination naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy at Andaman and Nicobar islands with an aim to build mutual confidence between the navies of the Asia Pacific region successfully concluded with a passage exercise at sea on Monday. [read story]
- Sikh kids should be allowed to wear kirpans, karas in public: Brit Asian judge
London, Feb 8: Britain's first Asian judge, Sir Mota Singh, has said that Sikh schoolchildren should be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers at all times in all public places. [read story]
- Iran to build 10 nuke enrichment sites within one year
Tehran, Feb 8 (DPA) Iran claimed that it would build 10 new enrichment sites within one year, the state media reported Monday. [read story]
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
