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Dec. 19th, 2004 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingElephants set up roadblocks, demand toll of tapioca and sugar cane.
A herd leader usually emerges from the jungle at dusk to block the road. When a vehicle stops, other elephants move in for the feast.
Signs urging motorists not to feed the elephants don't seem to be doing the trick.
"It's like the drivers are bribing the elephants - otherwise the elephants won't allow trucks to pass through," Yuo said
The elephants, who have never hurt a motorist, sound a general retreat when wildlife officials arrive to scare them away with spotlights.
The sanctuary chief says he can't prevent the elephants from roaming near the road because the area used to belong to them.
A herd leader usually emerges from the jungle at dusk to block the road. When a vehicle stops, other elephants move in for the feast.
Signs urging motorists not to feed the elephants don't seem to be doing the trick.
"It's like the drivers are bribing the elephants - otherwise the elephants won't allow trucks to pass through," Yuo said
The elephants, who have never hurt a motorist, sound a general retreat when wildlife officials arrive to scare them away with spotlights.
The sanctuary chief says he can't prevent the elephants from roaming near the road because the area used to belong to them.