A rogue elephant known as Dhurbe, which killed Shanichara Bote\u2019s parents in 2012, returned to attack his family again on July 4, claiming the lives of his daughter-in-law and grandson. <\/p>\n
The elephant first trampled Shanichara Bote’s parents on December 16, 2012, near Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Following the attack, Bote relocated his family to Jagatpur, approximately 17 kilometers away, believing natural barriers like local rivers would provide safety.<\/p>\n
On July 4, the same elephant infiltrated their new home, killing Bote’s 25-year-old daughter-in-law and his four-year-old grandson. Bote told The Kathmandu Post that despite their efforts to escape, the animal tracked them down, leaving the family with nowhere left to turn.<\/p>\n
Bote\u2019s wife managed to deter the elephant by setting fire to the roof of their porch. While the blaze destroyed their home, it saved the remaining family members from further harm. The incident sparked protests from local residents, who accused Chitwan National Park authorities of negligence in failing to mitigate the threat posed by the elephant.<\/p>\n
Official records from Chitwan National Park indicate that the elephant, named Dhurbe, first began attacking human settlements in 2010. Experts suggest the animal turned to these areas for food after being driven from its herd by dominant males during adolescence.<\/p>\n
In December 2012, park officials and the military attempted to track and eliminate the animal, wounding it twice with gunfire, but the elephant escaped into the jungle. Despite being fitted with radio and satellite collars in 2012, 2020, and 2023, technology failed to prevent the recent tragedy even though the animal\u2019s proximity was tracked. Authorities have now promised to monitor Dhurbe in real-time and relocate the animal to the Sukhibhar forest area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A rogue elephant known as Dhurbe, which killed Shanichara Bote\u2019s parents in 2012, returned to attack his family again on July 4, claiming the lives of his daughter-in-law and grandson. A Decade of Tragedy The elephant first trampled Shanichara Bote’s parents on December 16, 2012, near Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Following the attack, Bote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expat-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}