AP photos show an injured elephant frequenting an Indian village as its habitat shrinks

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — For months an injured male elephant has been frequenting a village on the outskirts of India's northeastern Assam state in search of food, bringing it into contact with people living in the area.

The elephant often breaks into shops and helps itself to food on the shelves, prompting locals to erect steel fences and concertina wires in front of their houses and roadside kiosks. Villagers have been providing the animal food and water, but its frequent visits — at least twice a day — halt traffic sometimes, forcing locals to shoo the elephant away.

According to wildlife officials, the elephant has been unable to go back to the nearby Amchang Reserve forest after injuring its leg few months ago. They say it has also been facing resistance from other elephants whenever it attempts to join a herd.

Elephants are increasingly coming into contact with people in India, as the human population of 1.4 billion soars and cities and towns grow at the expense of jungles and other elephant habitats. In Assam, which has more than 5,000 wild Asian elephants, there have been many incidents in recent years where wild elephants have entered villages, destroyed crops and even killed people.

Wildlife activists say human encroachment has forced elephants out of their natural habitats, triggering conflicts with locals.

Conservationists have urged the government to prevent encroachments and create corridors that the elephants can use to move across forests in search of food.

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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Rangers guide a wild elephant back into the forest from a nearby village along Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A forest officer chases an injured male tusker away from residential areas near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A resident keeps guard, watching for wild elephants, outside his home near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A wild elephant walks past an army camp near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Forest officials chase an injured male tusker away from residential areas near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

An injured male tusker, searching for food, stands on a road near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A wild elephant walks through the gate of an army camp along Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

An injured male tusker walks away from a fire set off by residents to ward it away, near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Residents complain to forest officers about the presence of an injured male tusker in their neighborhood, near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Children walk near barbwire installed on the perimeter of a shop to deter wild elephants near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

An injured male tusker swings his trunk around a motorbike on a road near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

People gather to watch a wild elephant near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

An injured male tusker walks past barbed wire installed to protect residential areas from wild elephants in Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Residents look at an injured wild elephant walking outside their house in a village near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Resecurity Joined the U.S.-Saudi Business Council as a Chairman's Circle Member