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“We tried out the party lights after noticing that elephants had an aversion to strong lights. ‘Lights found effective against wild boars too’KOZHIKODE: The swirling multicolour LED lights that give party halls and dance floors their zing have found a totally different use in Wayanad. The elephants are scared to come near the rotating LED lights that throw up bright colours. “Normal flash lights have been used against straying elephants in places like Jharkhand. "We have so far installed 14 multicolour LED light units in Chethalayam range, at spots where elephants had breached the trenches and solar fences..