Date:08/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/08/stories/2008100852540300.htm

SIRSI: A large number of farmers staged a dharna in front of the office of the Assistant Conservator of Forests at Yellapur on Monday, demanding immediate action to contain the wild elephant menace. They said that a herd of 27 elephants had destroyed paddy, plantain, sugarcane and cotton crops in Kirawatti. — Staff Correspondent