It was interesting talking to my Indian wife about elephants, for her, growing up on a farm, elephants were primarily a dangerous hazard, not necessarily to life, but they could certainly destroy her father's crops.

It was an interesting perspective since India as a country has some pride in elephants, and Indian Americans such as myself are very proud of India being the land of the elephants, but Indians who live in proximity to wild elephants tend to have a more pragmatic view of them.