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The southern state of Karnataka, home to India's largest elephant population with more than 6,000 jumbos, 20% of the country's total is at the frontline of incidents of conflict between man and animal as a growing human population encroaches on the elephants’ traditional habitats. The state reports a rate of 30 to 40 elephant related human deaths anually. Across the country elephant deaths are also reported due to electric fences, angry locals and accidents on railway cutting through ancient migratory routes. For now, there appears to be no concrete plan against these losses.