18 elephants dead after lightning strike India | Abroad

According to local authorities, the animals were struck by lightning in the protected Kandoli reserve. Residents informed authorities after they found the carcasses of the animals in the forest. There is grave concern about “the large number of elephants” that died. That is why an investigation was set up.

About 27,000 elephants are said to live in India. 21 percent of that in the Assam region. It is the first time that so many dead elephants have been found at one time

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