印度大象進村覓食被電死 百名村民爲其辦葬禮

Hundreds of villagers in India gathered together to mourn the death of an elephant that died after being electrocuted when it wandered into community looking for something to eat.

一頭大象在衝進印度一個村子尋找食物時被電身亡，隨後該村數百名村民聚集起來爲其舉行葬禮。

People decorated the elephant's body with paints and plants as part of prayers as it was laid to rest and buried in a massive grave on Sunday at Chakrapani village in the Kamrup district of Assam, India.

人們在大象的屍體上塗上了一些油彩，並撒上了鮮花--這些是祈禱的一部分。週日，人們把它安葬在印度阿薩姆邦坎如普縣卡克拉帕尼村一個巨大的墓穴中。

Local reports claim the massive mammal was killed after coming into contact with one of the community's unauthorized electric wires especially erected and hidden by the villagers to keep away the wild elephants.

當地報道聲稱，大象被電身亡是因爲被纏到了電線中--爲了防備野生大象，一些村民違規樹起了這些隱藏的電線。

It is understood the Asiatic elephant had strayed near a storehouse where it had attempted to eat some paddy rice when it inadvertently touched the high voltage fence.

據瞭解，這隻亞洲象誤入一處倉庫，本來想要試着吃一些水稻，結果不慎觸到了高壓電網。

An official said that the scarcity of food and the illegal encroachment of forest areas nearby may have forced the wild beast to desperately seek out food in a populated area.

一名官員表示，食物短缺和對附近森林地帶的非法侵佔，會迫使野獸不顧一切地跑到人類聚居區來尋找食物。