The rampages you're talking about have been linked to elephant culling. Elephants grow up in structured societies, where older elephants teach younger ones proper behavior. Because of culling (a sterile word, if ever there was one!) and the elimination of older elephants, younger members of the herd (1) have not had the chance to learn proper behavior, and (2) suffer traumatic grief early in life. Hence the rampages. Very humanlike, indeed. (Lord of the Flies, anyone?)
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I don't know what article you mean, but read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/magazine/08elephant.html?p...
Long, but fascinating.
The rampages you're talking about have been linked to elephant culling. Elephants grow up in structured societies, where older elephants teach younger ones proper behavior. Because of culling (a sterile word, if ever there was one!) and the elimination of older elephants, younger members of the herd (1) have not had the chance to learn proper behavior, and (2) suffer traumatic grief early in life. Hence the rampages. Very humanlike, indeed. (Lord of the Flies, anyone?)