A widowed Indian peasant’s heart-warming decision to raise an orphaned bear cub as part of his family has ended with him being jailed for breaking wildlife laws.

SOCIALITE and former drink-driving jailbird Paris Hilton has become an unlikely icon for conservationists trying to highlight the plight of binge-drinking elephants in north-eastern India.

Conservationists in India praised socialite Paris Hilton today for speaking out on her latest cause – binge-drinking elephants.

Wolves have killed at least seven children and injured more than a dozen people in northern India over the last three months, officials said today.