{"id":45484,"date":"2025-12-21T01:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45484"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:38:00","slug":"c9qe2yln2nloat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/21\/c9qe2yln2nloat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"India express train kills seven elephants crossing tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Seven wild Asian elephants, including calves, were killed when a high-speed train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in north-eastern India, local officials say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">They say another calf was injured in the incident early on Saturday in Hojai district, Assam state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Northeast Frontier Railway says the train driver spotted dozens of elephants and used the emergency brakes &#8211; but some animals were still hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Five carriages derailed after the collision, but no injuries were reported among passengers and staff on the Delhi-bound express. Train cancellations and diversions were reported in the area during the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The killed elephants were later examined by veterinarians and buried.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Assam has one of the biggest elephant populations in India, with nearly 6,000 animals recorded in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Local railway tracks are often crossed by elephant herds &#8211; but Saturday&#8217;s incident happened at a location that was not a designated elephant corridor, the Northeast Frontier Railway says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#India #express #train #kills #elephants #crossing #tracks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven wild Asian elephants, including calves, were killed when a high-speed train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45486,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45484\/revisions\/45486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}