Bhubaneswar, Feb. 12 -- Amid reports of human-animal conflicts, a rare instance of peaceful human-elephant interaction was witnessed in Purushottampur village under the Telkoi forest range of Odisha's Keonjhar forest division, where a woman offered food to a herd of elephants that had entered her premises on Thursday night.

The elephants reportedly arrived from a nearby forest in search of food and approached the house of Kuntala Penthei. Instead of panicking, the family placed two sacks of paddy in their garden for the herd. After consuming the paddy, the elephants returned to the adjoining forest without causing any damage to the house or garden.

According to reports, the herd did not damage any trees or property in the garden. The in...