Nepal, March 7 -- A total of 62 elephants have been killed while 349 people have lost their lives in elephant attacks over the past 24 years in Nepal.

A male elephant, approximately 15 years old, was found dead on February 19 near Dandajai, Laljhadi Rural Municipality-4, Kanchanpur district. According to the Division Forest Office, Kanchanpur, the postmortem report revealed that the elephant died due to electric shock.

According to Office Chief Rambichari Thakur, the elephant might have died after getting trapped in an electric trap set by locals in response to the damage caused by the elephant. "Elephants cause significant trouble in the Laljhadi, rehabilitation area In the current fiscal year alone, elephants have killed three people ...