Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Wedding elephant destroys 20 vehicles in 15-hour rampage

An elephant hired for a Hindu wedding in India caused more than £200,000 damage after trying to reach an in-heat female.

The turned-on tusker trampled 20 limos trying to reach the female in a nearby sugar cane field in the Indian town of Meerut.



He also then mounted and attempted to mate with a truck, and smashed through a shopping mall in the 15-hour rampage.

His adventure was finally brought to an end when wildlife experts managed to bring him down with a tranquilliser gun. ‘It is a very powerful urge,’ said one expert.

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