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Wild elephants walk through a forest in Mondulkiri province, 300 kilometers (186 miles) northeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: AP)With more Cambodians clearing forest land for agriculture and an increase of development projects in remote areas like this, the habitat for wild elephants is decreasing, putting them in conflict with humans.
Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Koh Kong Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Chab Leoung, a dark-skinned farmer, sat behind his cottage one day in March, complaining of injuries to his jaw and foot. The 48-year-old was trammeled by an elephant while traveling in the forest in the Cardamom Mountains three years ago.
“A group of elephants first ran after my dog, but then one in the group turned on me,” recalled the father of four, who lives in Chi Phat commune, in Koh Kong province’s Thmar Bang district. “It hit me and then stepped on my face and my foot.”
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