In Photos: Clashes Between Elephants and Humans

A few months ago, an elephant knocked down Chanandra’s kitchen wall with its head and ate all of her rice reserves. Elephants can smell rice from a great distance and now they know where to find it.
Photograph: Silvia Boccardi

Treehouses allows villagers to sight elephants looking for cultivated fields so they are better able to prepare.
Photograph: Silvia Boccardi

At dusk, elephants get closer to villages in search of food.
Photograph: Silvia Boccardi

Initially, attempts were made to fence the areas where animals lived, but vegetation and climate changes made it impossible to maintain them.
Photograph: Silvia Boccardi