ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photos by @brentstirton | Around 60% of Asian elephants live close to human populations, which brings them into inevitable conflict, as illustrated in these images from Sri Lanka and India. More of their habitat is lost every year. 1. An elephant passes through an electrified fence into croplands on a national park boundary. The animals examine the wires with their trunks and might even push over a tree onto the fence to forge a path. 2. To guard crops, villagers shout and light firecrackers, but this can make elephants more aggressive. 3. A boy touches a young elephant killed by an improvised explosive concealed in edible bait. Hunters set the weapons to kill smaller animals for food, such as boars, but elephants often become victims. 4. A chained elephant leans against a tree to take weight off its legs at India’s Dubare Elephant Camp. The popular, government-run attraction features elephants used in logging or wild elephants that have been orphaned or have had repeated run-ins with humans. 5. Sumith Ranatunga, 44, survived a recent elephant attack. Bearing no ill will, he says, "I have always loved elephants. If we could return the forests to the way they were, we would not have this problem.“ 6. Wild elephants scavenge for food at a garbage dump. 7. Sri Lankan villagers erect a section of solar-powered electric fencing. "My father spent his whole life up a tree looking out for elephants," said one. 8. Elephants roam through rice fields near a village bordering a Sri Lankan nature reserve. 9/10. A police officer in Kerala, India, keeps an eye on elephants at a festival. The gatherings can be traumatic and painful for elephants if they're chained or mistreated. An elephant nears two women at the festival. Elephants become overused during festival periods, which has led to conflict endangering both them and humans. To learn about the Asian elephant, less studied than its African counterpart, go to the link in bio.」5月11日 22時00分