More than 28 elephants were killed in the last 20 months alone which is alarming and against human civilization. The killing of Asian elephants in Bangladesh has seen an increase in recent times, making it the biggest existential threat for the largest living land mammal in Asia. A Study says, fewer than 100 elephants remain in the South Asian country, where they come into regular conflict with humans as their territory shrinks. 

According to a study by the Forest Department and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are 268 Asian elephants living in the country’s forests. Two-thirds of them live in Cox's Bazar and the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh.

On November 6 last year, a baby elephant was shot dead in Khutakhali forest in Chakaria. Ten days later, a 30-year-old female elephant was killed in a similar manner in the Jowarianala forest of Ramu.

On August 31, 2021, some miscreants in Ramu Upazila electrocuted an Asian elephant and later chopped up the injured mammal into pieces and tried to bury it in the mud.

“Such brutality is very alarming for the survival of the Asian elephant. Like elephants, Bangladesh's endangered animals need more support from the world's bodies.