Could Lightning Kill 18 Elephants in a Single Strike?
Environmental disaster more likely due to poisoning, villagers say
By: Nava Thakuria
Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Assam are attempting to pass off the deaths of an entire herd of 18 Asiatic elephants as stemming from a single lightning strike on the night of May 12, an improbability that has outraged nearby villagers, who suspect the animals were poisoned or killed by other means to clear the area for a po…
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