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I was going to ask about the extremely cruel spikes. Equivalent to mouth bombs. Move elephants. But they are unreasoning animals. Humans moved there and NOW you want to cause more calamity by moving from their instinctual paths? Move the Army and move the people! Didn’t govts put people there refugees all around and on the elephants pathways? Move people to the mountain ridges where there is no habitat that can attract elephants. The Army should be in the mountains anyway for training purposes not the undulating land the elephants use. It’s impossible to remove the instinct from the elephants, but, humans can make choices, so make the right ones based on the environment you have in India.
I was going to ask about the extremely cruel spikes. Equivalent to mouth bombs. Move elephants. But they are unreasoning animals. Humans moved there and NOW you want to cause more calamity by moving from their instinctual paths? Move the Army and move the people! Didn’t govts put people there refugees all around and on the elephants pathways? Move people to the mountain ridges where there is no habitat that can attract elephants. The Army should be in the mountains anyway for training purposes not the undulating land the elephants use. It’s impossible to remove the instinct from the elephants, but, humans can make choices, so make the right ones based on the environment you have in India.