In West Bengal, Elephant Arrives At Binnaguri Army Camp For Food

A clip of an elephant pleading for food by showing up his trunk at an army camp’s window in the Binnaguri town, Jalpaiguri district has gone viral. According to Local 18 Bengal, the elephant wanted to consume breakfast and was spotted at the window for a long time in want of food.

The tusker is seen getting dejected over receiving no food from the army camp. A few soldiers can also be spotted around the elephant probably to monitor its movements. The Local 18 Bengal video then shows the visuals of other elephants roaming in the jungle.

The human-wildlife conflicts are on the rise in various townships in the Dooars or Duars. They are the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in North-East India around Bhutan including army camps. The wild animals are constantly raiding the forest regions of Jalpaiguri district in search of food. Therefore, the residents of Duars Forest are living in fear for their lives.

As per environmentalists and experts, the increase in several human beings in forest habitats has led to a decrease in wildlife habitats. Besides, unscientific constructions and deforestation are changing the biodiversity and the environmental balance. So, the wild animals are not getting food in the forest and are constantly attacking the locals.

A similar clip surfaced in 2022 when an elephant entered the Army Public School at Narengi, Guwahati. A clip, that was captured, shows the jumbo creature roaming around the school corridors. It took the forest department a few hours to push the elephant back into the jungles of Amchung Wild Life Sanctuary, which is located nearby.

In the clip, the elephant can be seen roaming all across the school corridors as a few people try to move it away. The time of the incident was not mentioned. However, in the background, many can be heard talking, highlighting that it was working hours.

This comes just a few days after a video of an elephant wiggling out of a building surfaced on the internet. Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda shared the clip on Twitter.

It shows an elephant, struggling to come out from a relatively small door of a building.

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