Elephant harassment in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
Published on Mar 27, 2016
Travellers throwing stones on an elephant nearby Muthanga on Wayanad-Mysore national highway. The mother elephant with her baby was standing without disturbing any travellers beside to national highway inside Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
UPDATE: The 4 accused have surrendered before the wildlife warden on March 29, 2016. The Forest Department had filed a case under the Wildlife Protection Act for attacking wild animals and putting other travellers' lives in danger. The offence could attract imprisonment of up to seven years.
Story: http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/brutality-wild-elephant-four-youngsters-surrender-wayanad.html
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Americans do in Yellowstone with bison and bears and whatever else. They might no throw rocks but they yell at, walk up to and every manner of harassment but they usually don't get caught, sited or punished. Plenty of foreigners are just as bad but the Americans will get in the face of uniformed rangers and get them fired for noticing and trying to end the interaction with the wildlife or other resources being harmed or damaged before they get cited or suffer any consequences.
Maybe there should be an every-other-year closure of parks so they can recover from the human encroachment. With an anticipated 5 million visitors to Yellowstone alone this year, we are going to have to do something different in how we manage our national treasures. It's too bad that humans, in general, have no respect for other living beings with whom we share the planet.
