When the elephant tires and puts her foot down, the spikes press deeper into her ankle. Meena is four years and two months old, still a toddler as elephants go. Khammon Kongkhaw, her mahout ...

Meena said: “The forest officials had been conducting operations over the past three days to fit a radio collar on a rogue elephant in the area, issuing precautionary warnings to nearby villages.

The elephant attacked Mani as he was returning home after dropping his daughter, Meena, at a hostel in Palemad under the Tribal Development Department. At the time of the attack, Mani was ...