Indian bishops prefer tribal people over elephants

Catholic bishops have joined indigenous people in Jharkhand to oppose a planned corridor for wild life as it threatens to displace thousands of people in 214 villages. The govt. has identified 296 hectares of land plans to build a “wild life corridor” for elephants over four districts in the state. Bp Vincent Barwa said the plan is difficult for people to understand “because on one hand the government claims to be acting to protect the forest and tribal people, but on the other it moves to displace them.” Bishop Barwa, said the pro-Hindu government has made to marginalize tribal people and take over their lands on behalf of industrial companies.