Osama the elephant has been shot dead by hunters in India.  He has killed 27 people, trampled many homes and destroyed fields.

Predictably, conservationists are ticked off.  Some have made claims that the wrong elephant was killed, though the people who have been assaulted by the beast identified it.

But then, most conservationists seem to want people dead, so I guess their reaction isn't very surprising.

 Reuters photo