Dhurbe
Sign in to saveDhurbe () is a wild male elephant in Chitwan National Park of Nepal that killed 16 people and destroyed more than 50 houses in a span of four years from 2009 to 2012. It is considered one of the most notorious elephants in the world. Contact with the elephant was lost in 2013 but it has subsequently reappeared from time to time. The elephant is named after a soldier whom it killed.
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- Animal.name
- Dhurbe
- Animal.image
- Dhurbe; Wild Asian Elephant.jpg
- Animal.image_size
- 320px
- Animal.caption
- Dhurbe spotted inside the Park
- Animal.species
- Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)
- Animal.gender
- Male
- Animal.birth_place
- Chitwan, Nepal
- Animal.nationality
- Nepal
- Animal.known
- Notorious behaviour
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Dhurbe () is a wild male elephant in Chitwan National Park of Nepal that killed 16 people and destroyed more than 50 houses in a span of four years from 2009 to 2012. It is considered one of the most notorious elephants in the world. Contact with the elephant was lost in 2013 but it has subsequently reappeared from time to time. The elephant is named after a soldier whom it killed.
After the initial attacks, the elephant was radio-collared to track its movements, but the radio stopped working after a few weeks. When the elephant killed more people in 2012 officials declared it as a mad elephant and decided to hunt and kill it. 93 soldiers from the Nepal Army and Chitwan National Parks were mobilized to kill the elephant but they could not locate it. Later, the officials claimed that Dhurbe was injured but ran away and survived.