An African elephant forages in Masai Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Fighting an elephant from destroying crops at night, raiding grain houses and sometimes killing people are nothing new for the farmers in Africa. Now, they have developed...

Nearby villages most often fall prey to hungry wild elephants. Following three villagers killed by elephants last year in a Chinese village, the Chinese officials muted an innovative and interesting plan to keep them away from farmland — by...