A shepherd couple from Achelli village, Dulam Shekhar (45) and Susheela (40), were found dead in the forests of Sirpur (T) in Asifabad. Police are investigating, sending injury samples for forensic analysis to determine whether death was due to animal attack or accident.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India is sending letters to the temples and mosques, offering to donate lifelike mechanical elephants on the condition that these institutions would send the distressed elephants to sanctuaries
