Bangladesh: Elephants Face 'Time Bomb' in Bangladesh Land Clash with Rohingya Refugees

Feb 6, 2019 | Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters
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After about 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar into Bangladesh 18 months ago and set up camp, they realized they were not only at risk from monsoons and cyclones but also elephants, as they were blocking a migration path, with 13 people killed in six months. Raquibul Amin, Bangladesh representative for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), said as a quick fix in February 2018 they built 95 towers and trained a team to watch, raise the alarm and guide elephants out of camps.