In mid-November 2019, environmental news sections in many leading newspapers in India reported, the capture of an alleged “rogue” elephant named Bin Laden in the northeastern state of Assam, and its subsequent death in captivity. This was not the first incident of its kind, where an animal that was seen or assumed as problematic, was named after a dreaded terrorist. In two earlier cases in December 2006 and May 2008, elephants had allegedly killed numerous people, which prompted pressure from the public on the local forest authorities to kill them.To read full story visit: https://round.glass/sustain/conservation/asian-elephant/?fbclid=IwAR10EIs0PY336TzKcq4ItP_Dw7ArlEIDwUAR24CnYAt-VqmZhb9zSgjQeic