Posted on 05/28/2022 6:59:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Elephants are known for being gentle giants. But climate change is beginning to take its toll, with attacks on humans increasing as global temperatures rise.
In India, 500 people are thought to be killed by elephants every year, mainly in crop-raiding incidents. In 2021, India Today reported that 3,310 people had died from elephant attacks in the last 7 years. As incidents like this increase, so has retaliation from villagers. In 2001, 60 elephants were found dead across North East India and Sumatra as crop poisoning became a popular form of retaliation.
In April 2022, the Indian Express reported that elephants trampled six people, including a young girl, in the Dhamtari district of India.
Elephants are known for their gentle nature, but they can become aggressive when they feel harassed, vulnerable or threatened. And climate change appears to be creating these conditions more and more frequently.
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Irrelevance never forgets.
Has literally nothing to do with global warming but encroachment of humans unto elephant territory.
Unfortunately the elephants will lose.
lol their hasn’t been any climate change yet!
It’s always 20 years into the future at any point!
ROTFLMFAO!!!
Whatever dope they’re taking is dangerous...LMAO.
I just assumed this was the Babylon Bee. Nope. These people have gone ‘round the bend...
“Elephants are attacking humans ..”
Uh, yeah. Of course they are. Elephants have been attacking humans, lions, hyenas, wild dogs, cheetahs, hippos and every other creature they perceive as a threat since the beginning of time. It has nothing to do with climate change.
I’m much more concerned about Heffalumps.
9 out of 10 elephants agree, Newsweek is FAKE NEWS!
Savage elephants have always been around.
There are some who will believe this article. You can’t fix stupid.
Does anybody do math anymore?
Let’s see: 3310 / 7 = 473
Where is the increase?
Oh, bull crap.
Ah, the required Climate change fear porn for the day.
Notice that the media is really having to stretch things.
Exactly. “Gentle giants” my a**.
“Elephants are known for being gentle giants.”
Totally misinformation. Wild elephants have always been known to attack humans who encroach on their territory. They don’t trust us and for good reason, typically.
(Elephants are known for being gentle giants. But climate change is beginning to take its toll, with attacks on humans increasing as global temperatures rise.)
These idiots never stop with the agendas. Imagine the fool that believes this type of nonsense.
BS. It's poaching and human encroachment that is causing the problem.
Guess the elephants have been reading Newsweek too much and falling in with Antifa.
What the heck?
Correlation does not mean causation.
Climate change caused Putin to invade Ukraine.
(Same kind of logic)
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