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Photos: Speeding train kills 2 Asiatic elephants in Assam

Two endangered Asiatic elephants were killed Sunday as a herd made its way over railway tracks outside Guwahati, Assam. The elephants were out foraging for food around dawn when the accident occured.

Updated on: Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM IST

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A woman joins a crowd laying flowers on the dead elephants as offerings. Wildlife warden Prodipta Baruah said the elephants were part of a herd of about 15 that had ventured into the area in search of food before dawn. Assam is home to Asian elephants, endangered due to habitat loss and poaching. While there was no major damage to the train and no passengers were injured, such incidents along railway tracks in the region are fairly regular. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

A woman joins a crowd laying flowers on the dead elephants as offerings. Wildlife warden Prodipta Baruah said the elephants were part of a herd of about 15 that had ventured into the area in search of food before dawn. Assam is home to Asian elephants, endangered due to habitat loss and poaching. While there was no major damage to the train and no passengers were injured, such incidents along railway tracks in the region are fairly regular. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Indian passengers on a running train look at the carcasses of two endangered Asian elephants that were hit and killed by a passenger train near a railway track in Thakur Kuchi village in Assam. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

Indian passengers on a running train look at the carcasses of two endangered Asian elephants that were hit and killed by a passenger train near a railway track in Thakur Kuchi village in Assam. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Thakur Kuchi lies in the Chandrapur tehsil and is covered by hills with the Pobitora and Amsang wildlife sanctuaries nearby. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

Thakur Kuchi lies in the Chandrapur tehsil and is covered by hills with the Pobitora and Amsang wildlife sanctuaries nearby. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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A villager props his daughter as she places flowers on the carcass of one of two elephants from the herd that were hit by a passenger train while crossing the tracks. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

A villager props his daughter as she places flowers on the carcass of one of two elephants from the herd that were hit by a passenger train while crossing the tracks. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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A forest official points to the spot where the train hit rammed into the Asian elephants. The train was reportedly exceeding speed limit norms near elephant habitat and corridors. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

A forest official points to the spot where the train hit rammed into the Asian elephants. The train was reportedly exceeding speed limit norms near elephant habitat and corridors. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Flowers are placed by villagers on the carcass of an elephant that was struck by a passenger train near Guwahati. As reported by the Assam Tribune, it was in view of recurring train-induced elephant fatalities that the State forest department, Wildlife Trust of India and the Northeast Frontier Railway had five years back put in place a mechanism for intensified vigil along forested tracks. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

Flowers are placed by villagers on the carcass of an elephant that was struck by a passenger train near Guwahati. As reported by the Assam Tribune, it was in view of recurring train-induced elephant fatalities that the State forest department, Wildlife Trust of India and the Northeast Frontier Railway had five years back put in place a mechanism for intensified vigil along forested tracks. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Forest officials throw salt as they bury the two elephants. Under the mechanism, 16 demarcated elephant corridors identified for the purpose of heightened vigil on elephant movement. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

Forest officials throw salt as they bury the two elephants. Under the mechanism, 16 demarcated elephant corridors identified for the purpose of heightened vigil on elephant movement. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Indian forest officials track the herd’s footprints after two elephants were killed near a railway track. Continued accidents hint at lapses in the existing mechanism put in place or complacency in implementation by forest department and railway officials. (Anupam Nath / AP)

Updated on Nov 21, 2017 4:46 PM

Indian forest officials track the herd’s footprints after two elephants were killed near a railway track. Continued accidents hint at lapses in the existing mechanism put in place or complacency in implementation by forest department and railway officials. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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