How Many People Get Killed By Elephants Every Year?

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According to a 2005 National Geographic article, elephants kill around 500 people each year. Such incidents are increasing in frequency.

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Funny you ask, there has been a great increase in DBE (death by elephant) cases. According to the Department of Elephant Research , elephants kill people by sitting on and smothering them or by strangling them with their trunks. From 2002 to 2008, 2.3 million deaths have been caused by elephants.

How Many People Get Killed By Elephants Every Year?

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