The elephant bandit in Orissa is at it again. He won’t let cars go by until the people stop to give him food. If he is not given food, the elephant pushes the car and stands in front of it.

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“At least 26 wild elephants entered two villages of Orissa and damaged crops, an official said Friday.” – Sindh Today

“Panic has gripped residents of Joda village in Orissa’’s Keonjhar District after a wild elephant mowed down a villager and damaged a few houses near the National Highway over the weekend.” – Thaindian News

“With man-animal conflict rising day by day in Orissa, forest department officials here are getting sleepless nights since receiving reports regarding this wild elephant.” – merinews

“Project Elephant (PE), a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992 to provide financial and technical support to major elephant bearing States in the country for protection of elephants, their habitats and corridors. It also seeks to address the issues of human-elephant conflict and welfare of domesticated elephants. The Project is being implemented in 13 States / UTs , viz. Andhra pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Jharkhand , Karnataka , Kerala , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Orissa , Tamil Nadu , Uttranchal , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.” – PIB Press Release

“People of a town in Orissa’s Keonjhar district executed a barbaric revenge on an elephant that had killed eight people over the last two years. ” – The Times of India

“On the eve of World Environment Day, senior wildlife officials from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Bengal today came together to work out an inter-state co-ordination strategy and to resolve the long standing issue of man-elephant conflict.” – The Telegraph

“A mother elephant with its calf, electrocuted by a low dangling high-tension electric cable, died on the spot at Badrama Ghati range along Sambalpur-Deogarh districts border in Orissa.” – Thaindian News

“Wild elephants of Orissa have created panic in the district once again. A 60-year-old tribal, M Krishnappa, was severely injured while his brother Narayana escaped unhurt when the men tried to run away from a herd of wild elephants roaming on the Appikonda hillock, near Duppilivalasa area, at Basur village in Palakonda mandal on Thursday.” – Newindpress.com

“Two elephants were electrocuted early on Thursday when they came in contact with a high-tension overhead wire near the Badrama wildlife sanctuary in Orissa’s Sambalpur district, a forest official said. ” – The Times of India

“There is no respite of heat waves to wild animals. With each passing day wild animals including Elephants and Tigers in State’s several Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries are now facing shortage of water.” – Odisha Today

“The ongoing man-elephant conflict had its echo in the Orissa assembly on Thursday with nearly two dozen members cutting across party lines expressing concern over the growing jumbo menance in different parts of the state.” – The Hindu News Update Service

“Orissa is facing a Catch-22 situation over elephant conservation, as more pachyderms are moving into human habitats due to destruction of elephant corridors.” – The Telegraph

“At least one person has been killed and four others injured with over 40 wild elephants from Chandaka Dompara Sanctuary and Elephant Reserve creating havoc in at least five different locations outside their habitat.” – KalingaTimes.com

“Andhra Pradesh may have to wait for a few more days before taking any steps for driving away a herd of wild elephants back to their natural habitat at Lakhary Valley elephant reserve in Orissa.” – The Hindu

“The Orissa High Court has issued a notice to the Andhra Pradesh government over the death of an elephant during translocation to Orissa in October.” – NewKerala.Com

“The forcible eviction of a herd of ten wild elephants by the Andhra Pradesh government to Orissa has driven a wedge between the two neighbouring states. Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday shot off an angry letter to his counterpart YSR Reddy to stop evicting the elephants in an ?inhuman manner? by administering tranquillisers and transporting the pachyderms in trucks with ropes firmly tied to their legs.” – Hindustan Times

“Andhra Pradesh has sought the assistance of neighbouring Orissa and Karnataka forest officials to tackle the elephant menace causing untold misery to the people of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts for the past few weeks.” – The Hindu