7 elephants killed in India by speeding train - Polidicks

AP - Friday, September 24 [quote] NEW DELHI — India's environment minister pressed railway authorities Friday to ensure the safety of elephants after seven pachyderms were mowed down by a speeding train in eastern India. The herd was crossing the tracks in Banarhat forest in West Bengal state at midnight Wednesday when the freight train plowed into the animals, killing them all. "This is not the first time that such a mishap has taken place, although the scale with which it has taken place now is unprecedented," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in a statement. Ramesh said he had previously written letters to the railway minister and met with rail officials to discuss "measures to be taken in order to avoid such tragedies." Outraged wildlife activists in India said they too complained to railroad authorities many times, asking them to divert trains to other routes or avoid running locomotives through the forests at night. "The drivers hardly ever adhere to the restrictions," said Animesh Basu, who runs the Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation, a wildlife conservation group. Scores of wild bison, deer, boars and leopards have died in the same forest after being hit by trains, Basu said. Dozens of elephants have died in India in recent years after being struck while crossing railway tracks that often run through national parks and forests. India's wild elephant population was recently estimated at about 26,000. Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfWe54e1UrEgFhsTfprPmIMsXUmQD9IE63U00[/url] [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/2u6p7nq.jpg[/IMG] Oh dear. [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/ddkuq1.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/30hwnrc.png[/IMG]

Christ almighty!

I thought there would be people hurt on the trains since, you know, they climb all over those things.

I feel bad for rating the OP funny...

Facepunch sure loves running trains over stuff

:gonk:

imagine if they were cows

Trains vs elephants

[QUOTE=watehfreak;25058603] [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/2u6p7nq.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] No you're an elephant you can't sleep there Get off you don't even have wheels

[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;25058718]imagine if they were cows[/QUOTE] :foxnews: BEEF NEW AND EFFICIENT FUEL SOURCE FOR TRAINS? MORE AT 11 :foxnews:

speeding train

[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;25058718]imagine if they were cows[/QUOTE] They would have beaten the conductor to death.

[i]Smashing![/i] I know :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Zambies!;25058777][i]Smashing![/i] I know :saddowns:[/QUOTE] You broke my train of thought :saddowns:

That must have been a damn messy accident; I wonder how much damage the train received.

Holy fuck. I mean, one elephant is bad enough, but SEVEN?

[QUOTE=Detective P;25058848]Holy fuck. I mean, one elephant is bad enough, but SEVEN?[/QUOTE] "The herd was crossing the tracks in Banarhat forest in West Bengal state at midnight Wednesday when the freight train plowed into the animals, killing them all." [img]http://redlightnaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/thomas.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=watehfreak;25058919]" [img]http://redlightnaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/thomas.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Smug bastard

If even 7 elephants can't stop a train...what can?

Looks like the driver of the train... was a dumbo. [I]YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[/I]

[QUOTE=Tetracycline;25059168]If even 7 elephants can't stop a train...what can?[/QUOTE] The moon.

That's heavy.

[QUOTE=Tetracycline;25059168]If even 7 elephants can't stop a train...what can?[/QUOTE] 8 Elephants.

[quote]pachyderms[/quote] That word pisses me off beyond belief, and I don't know why.

Jesus christ! Poor train.

How many elephants does it take to stop a train? 7 I hear you say? Well in all honesty I have no idea but 7 isn't enough.

[QUOTE=Tetracycline;25059168]If even 7 elephants can't stop a train...what can?[/QUOTE] 7 elephants and some engine brakes.

It's not like a many tonne train even would have had time to stop by the time it saw them. It's not really an avoidable occurrence because I don't think fences will stop elephants and electrifying them would be too expensive.

Frankly if the elephants didn't move even after the train blared it's horn, then they probably had it coming. I though elephants were pretty smart but the fact that they couldn't understand the correlation between a Monstrously large object moving quickly towards them, and the chance of their immanent death is pretty astounding. Many animals have the sense to get the fuck out of it's way. Maybe they are just not used to seeing creatures larger than them.

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