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020			_a9780143067191
040			_cKarma Choki
082			_aNA 799.27676 HAL
100			_aHall, Tarquin.
245			_aTo the elephant graveyard : a true story of the hunt for a man-killing Indian elephant / _cTarquin Hall.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bPenguin Books, _c2009.
300			_aviii, 260 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
504			_a Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260).
520			_aOn India's northeast frontier, a killer elephant is on the rampage, stalking Assam's paddy fields and murdering dozens of farmers. Local forestry officials, powerless to stop the elephant, call in one of India's last licensed elephant hunters and issue a warrant for the rogue's destruction. Reading about the ensuing hunt in a Delhi newspaper, journalist Tarquin Hall flies to Assam to investigate. To the Elephant Graveyard is the compelling account of the search for a killer elephant in the northeast corner of India, and a vivid portrait of the Khasi tribe, who live intimately with the elephants. Though it seems a world of peaceful coexistence between man and beast, Hall begins to see that the elephants are suffering, having lost their natural habitat to the destruction of the forests and modernization. Hungry, confused, and with little forest left to hide in, herds of elephants are slowly adapting to domestication, but many are resolute and furious. Often spellbinding with excitement, like "a page-turning detective tale" (Publishers Weekly), To the Elephant Graveyard is also intimate and moving, as Hall magnificently takes us on a journey to a place whose ancient ways are fast disappearing with the ever-shrinking forest.
650			_aElephant hunting _vAnecdotes. _zIndia _zAssam
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