People look at the injured Elephant, which has been knocked down by a train in Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary area in the outskirts of Guwahati on Thursday, April 23, 2009. The elephant was knocked by a train as a group of 25 wild elephants had come down to the sanctuary in search of food. Assam Forest Department has been continuously requesting the railway authority to limit the speed within 25km per hour within the sanctuary area. India alone, elephant-human conflict results in about 300 human and 200 elephant deaths each year due to poaching, crop protection and any number of other accidents, including vehicle-elephant collisions.

Photographer: Ujjal Deb

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