Reuters
16 May 2007
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, May 16 (Reuters) - Wild elephants straying into a village trampled a man to death and destroyed 30 bamboo-made houses in Bangladesh on Wednesday, police and forestry officials said.
The attack by the elephants occurred at Eidgaon, near Cox's Bazar town, 400 km (250 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka.
Crops were damaged and trees uprooted as the herd of some 10 elephants strayed into the village from a nearby forest.
At least 15 people are killed by elephants in Bangladesh each year as their forest habitats shrink due to encroachment by the rising human population, forest officials say.
One of the world's most densely populated nations, Bangladesh has forest cover of only 17.5 percent. There are around 400 elephants in the country -- including 300 in the wild.
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