Indians launched an application to prevent trampling by an elephant (5 photos)

There are many dangers in India, including being trampled by an elephant. And this danger is not illusory. For example, in the state of Assam alone, elephants trampled more than 400 people from 2017 to 2022, according to official reports. It's kind of scary, so India has developed a smartphone app to avoid being trampled by elephants.





The elephants walked right on schedule from the app...

Unlike the cow dung chips, this app is not based on the belief that running it will ward off the elephant's wrath.

This is an alarm app. Just like some countries have alerts for approaching typhoons or earthquakes, this app alerts you to approaching herds of elephants.

This app is most popular in the state of Assam. As you might have guessed from the name, it's all about tea. Here, two factors came together: people often work in large tea fields, from which it is too long to run to shelter and home. And there are many elephants here.



Elephants can often go to the railway

The application is called "Haati App" or "Elephant App", it was made in cooperation with the government of Assam. After all, in about half of the cases, an angry elephant dies from such encounters, which can be shot in self-defense.

Elephants are large animals that often move in herds. And about half a million families in India suffer from elephant raids on crops every year, according to WWF.





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Some farmers resort to shooting elephants to protect their families. Because any encounter with animals weighing at least 5 tons can quickly turn deadly.

Assam is home to over 5,000 wild elephants. Only Kerala in southwest India has more, with an Environment Ministry report putting the number at around 6,000.

When wild elephants approach human settlements or fields, residents' phones are alerted via this app to look around and find shelter quickly. Elephants may not be angry and may pass by, but it's always rice. Why play roulette with an elephant?



Across Asia, 2/3 of elephant habitat has been destroyed

India is currently experiencing what is known as an elephant crisis. Although India has over 100 national parks and about 30 elephant sanctuaries, many of these animals are losing their natural habitat.

Human lands are taking over more and more areas that were previously “wild”. This means that the habitats of wild elephants are shrinking. Many of them are forced to go to fields or even dumps to feed, where they sometimes eat toxic waste.



Someone forgot their phone at home today and here you go - an unexpected elephant!

They are often angry or stubborn from hunger, so the anti-elephant app is becoming more and more relevant every year.