Flowers offered by people are seen on the carcass of a wild elephant who according to forest officials succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India on Dec. 12, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)
NAGAON, India, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A wild elephant succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India, according to forest officials.
A veterinarian team checked the carcass of the elephant, while villagers were so sad that they prayed and offered flowers to the dead animal before a proper burial.
Over 80 percent of Indians are Hindus, to whom the elephant is a sacred animal. It is the living incarnation of one of their most important gods, Ganesh, an elephant-headed deity who rides atop a tiny mouse.
Women pray next to the carcass of a wild elephant that according to forest officials succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India on Dec. 12, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)
Flowers offered by people are seen on the carcass of a wild elephant who according to forest officials succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India on Dec. 12, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)
A veterinarian team check the carcass of a wild elephant that according to forest officials succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India on Dec. 12, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)
Villagers stand by the carcass of a wild elephant that according to forest officials succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India on Dec. 12, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)
Villagers stand by the carcass of a wild elephant that according to forest officials succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India on Dec. 12, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)
A veterinarian team check the carcass of a wild elephant that according to forest officials succumbed to injuries after a fight with another elephant in Nagaon, India on Dec. 12, 2022. (Str/Xinhua)■
