Only on cnn thank you all very much for joining me this evening and all weekend. Im alex marquardt. Good night and have a good week. Welcome to the whole story. Im anderson cooper, the Iconic Asian Elephant is found mostly across the south and southeastern parts of the continent, including in sri lanka which is home to roughly 7,000 wild elephants. But these animals are in danger. Rapid development in sri lanka has pushed humans farther out into the while Building Homes and farms and factories in areas where the elephants live. These remarkably intelligent creatures are learning to ve alongside humans, but that means theyre destroying farmlands of Aiding Fences and even holding up cars times on the road to demand food farmers tried to protect their lands with firecrackers, flash grenades, sometimes guns to keep the elephants away. And the elephants will often attack and kill the people they counter. More than one elephant today is dying from Human Activity and one person every two days
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