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Elephants Mowed Down-Train

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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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02/08
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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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03/08
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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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04/08
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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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05/08
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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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06/08
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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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07/08
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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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08/08
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Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010. Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B
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DMTX. Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organ

Four Elephants were mowed down by a train during heavy morning fog which severely limited visibility. Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs. Guwahati, India. 02/01/2010.

Dead body of wild Asiatic elephants being seen at the incident site, near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, Assam on 02-01-10, after four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were being mowed down amid dense fog by a speeding freight train carrying petroleum products, on today morning. Soon after the accident, hundreds of locals armed with crude implements arrived at the site and took away the nails, tusk and other body organs of the dead animals. Photo: AMAN.B

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FB_Anggoro

so sad, especially when i read: "Local villagers soon stripped the dead animals of tusks, toenails and many other vital organs". I thought elephant was sacred in India.

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KazmiSahib

Very Sad,
May Elephant rest in peace,
thanks for sharing,
Kazmi

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Sakshgaiya

So sad story!