Stark difference: How elephants are treated in Kenya vs India

One man's meat is another man's poison or so an old adage goes. This adage comes into perspective when you consider how Kenyans and Indians treat elephants.

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In India, elephants are domesticated to labour in homesteads .During hot weather they are kept under shades and sprayed with water to keep them cool. Back home people will readily kill a stray jumbo and those around share the meat.

During hot weather in India, elephants are kept under shades and sprayed with water to keep them cool Photo: Reuters