- A wild elephant known as Dhurbe has killed 25 people in Nepal since 2010, underscoring the country's escalating human-animal conflict.
- Dhurbe recently killed Shanichara Bote’s 25-year-old daughter-in-law and his four-year-old grandson, 14 years after killing his parents.
- The Bote family had relocated several miles away across a river after the initial attacks, but Dhurbe tracked them to their new settlement near Chitwan National Park.
- Authorities have been monitoring Dhurbe with satellite tracking collars since 2016, with the latest fitted in 2023, following an unsuccessful attempt to capture or kill the elephant in 2010.
- Experts suggest Dhurbe's aggressive behaviour is indicative of a broader issue where expanding human settlements increasingly encroach upon traditional elephant habitats in Nepal.
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