A herd of wild elephants from the Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary, strayed into Athagarh area of Odisha around five years ago.
Their evenings are spent not in napping, but in saving themselves from locals who attack them using sticks and stones. The Sanctuary Nature Foundation has now launched a campaign to draw the attention of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik towards the issue.
They have asked people to tweet to Patnaik using the hashtag #GiantRefugees, to urge him to take action to protect the animals.
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