Entire herd of 18 elephants eliminated throughout lightning strike in India

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    This heartbreaking video reveals the after-effects of a freak lightning strike thought to have actually eliminated a whole herd of 18 elephants in remote northeastern India.

    The mammals are imagined depending on a forest in the state of Assam on Tuesday following a storm in the Kandali Proposed Reserve Forest.

    A group of veterinarians and wildlife professionals have actually been examining the occurrence, which saw 5 calves eliminated.

    The forest guard reached the remote location on Thursday and discovered 14 elephants dead on top of a hill and 4 at the bottom.

    Preliminary reports by veterinarians stated the elephants were struck by lightning, however tests are being performed to determine the precise cause of death.

    The reserve remains in Assam state’s Nagaon district, 95 miles east of Gauhati, the state capital.

    A woman prays next to the carcasses of elephants that according to the forest officials possibly died because of a lightning strike, on the foothills of the Kundoli reserve forest area in Nagaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

    A lady hopes beside the carcasses of elephants on the Kandali reserve (Picture: Reuters)

    A man stands near a dead wild elephant, suspected to have been killed by lightning, on a hillside in Nagaon district of Assam state on May 14, 2021. - At least 18 elephants are suspected to have been killed by lightning in northeastern India, officials said on May 13 as they launched a probe into the incident. (Photo by Biju BORO / AFP) (Photo by BIJU BORO/AFP via Getty Images)

    An whole herd was erased throughout the storm in Assam state (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

    A veterinarian checks the dead bodies of wild elephants, suspected to have been killed by lightning, on a hillside in Nagaon district of Assam state on May 14, 2021. - At least 18 elephants are suspected to have been killed by lightning in northeastern India, officials said on May 13 as they launched a probe into the incident. (Photo by Biju BORO / AFP) (Photo by BIJU BORO/AFP via Getty Images)

    A veterinarian checks the dead bodies after the lightning strike (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

    Villagers offer prayers to a dead wild elephant, suspected to have been killed by lightning, on a hillside in Nagaon district of Assam state on May 14, 2021. - At least 18 elephants are suspected to have been killed by lightning in northeastern India, officials said on May 13 as they launched a probe into the incident. (Photo by Biju BORO / AFP) (Photo by BIJU BORO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Tests are being performed to develop the precise cause of death (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

    Assam is house to an approximated 6,000 or more wild Asiatic elephants who continuously come out of the forests searching for food.

    Conservationists have actually prompted the federal government to avoid advancement of individuals and to develop totally free passages for the elephants to move in between forests securely.

    In current years, wild elephants have actually gone into towns, damaged crops and even eliminated individuals.

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