AGARTALA, May1 (TIWN): A villager was injured after a wild elephant attacked him at Shantinagar village in Kalyanpur police station of Khowai district. He was identified as Bhupen Debbarma. Local people rushed him to Teliamura civil hospital for treatment.

According to information received in this regard, the Shantinagar resident was going to the forest for collecting firewood when he was attacked. The villagers have informed the forest department about the incident.

There has been report that wild elephants are being pushed into smaller and smaller spaces. And increasingly, they're pushing back. Elephants are the world's largest vegetarians. They don't attack any animal for food - yet food is at the root of many elephant conflicts.

An adult elephant may eat over 400 pounds (180 kilograms) a day. A herd can consume an entire field in one night. Fences and other deterrents are often useless against hungry herds. Not only can elephants grow as large as about 13 feet (4 meters) tall and weigh as much as about 6 tons, but they can run 25 to 30 miles an hour (40 to 48 kilometers an hour).Yet despite their size, intelligence, and speed, elephants fare worse in human-elephant confrontations.