Given these kinds of sentiments about elephants, it's no wonder that conservationists are saddened by the plight of the elephant. Its stomping grounds are being reduced and its encroachments on land used by people are turning onetime friends into enemies. For some, this is a tragedy for Southeast and South Asia.
難怪有保育人士難掩感傷，認為象群因為棲息地銳減，侵入人類土地，使得人與象化友為敵，「實為東南亞與南亞的生態悲劇。」