Elephant-proof farming

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Texte:
Les autorités en Inde se retrouvent avec une lourde tâche : gérer le poids des éléphants obèses gardés dans les temples.

Traduction:
Authorities in India are being presented with a massive task: managing the weight of obese elephants kept in temples.