Drunken elephants die in accident

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The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities across north-east India.

But this is the first time some of them have died after consuming the drink.

A herd of about 20 to 25 elephants went on the rampage in a remote area in the West Garo Hills district earlier this week after getting high on the beer.

As panicky villagers fled for cover, leaving behind their freshly brewed beverage, the elephants drank to their heart's content.

The inebriated elephants then struck an electric pole and brought it down.

But their trunks took the brunt of the shock from the high-tension wire.

Four of the elephants were killed instantly.

Assam's elephant expert Kushal Konwar Sharma, a lecturer, said these elephants frequently consume rice beer and cause devastation when they become intoxicated.

Wildlife officials say in the last two years elephants have killed at least 180 people in Assam and Meghalaya.

And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years in the two states, in what is developing into a fierce conflict between man and beast.

 

[andrewgprv]

We need a 12 step program for elephants!

 

[Al Zan]

don't give elephants beer!

 

[Mark Young]

Hi my name is Dumbo and I'm an alcoholic......

When I was younger the cows use to get into the apple orchard and eat lots of apples whch would make them drunk.

 

[cgannon64]

Wow. It must take a ton of alcohol to get an elephant drunk.

Why waste it all on them?

 

[Lyonesse]

hmmmm I've heard of seeing "pink elephants" when you're drunk (I personally have never seen any), but having elephants seeing "pink elephants" is certainly new. Interesting to note that they are violent drunks too....things that make you go hmmmmm

[qutoe]And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years in the two states[/quote]
now....are the villiagers angry for them drinking their beer or destroying things?

 

[Archer 007]

The whole concept of drunk elephants is funny to me.

 

[SanPellegrino]

like that Disney Nature movie, don't know the name

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I bet the elephants raid the marijuana and opium fileds too but we never hear about it because the elephants dont get violent afterwards.

 

[Sims2789]

well, there is some island(i think in the Carribean or Central America) where the monkeys are addicted to bear. if they get to drunk, they act much like drunk humans do when we get drunk.

 

[Strider]

Well, the elephants have taken humans in as there role models now, great.

 

[Kuningas]

Poor elephants.

 

[Laughing Gull]

that would be something to see.... drunk elephants playing with high voltage power lines. sounds like a Far Side cartoon.

 

[ltcoljt]

If I were Michael Moore I'd be looking to import a few of those to set loose backstage at the Republican National Convention.

 

[Raijer]

The Indian Chapter of MADRE* has now been galvanized into action.

*Mothers Against Drunk Rampaging Elephants

 

[Dr Corbett]

:|

That must have been a LOT of beer, considering that most elephants are five tons plus and half a digestive system that could only effectively gain any alcohol from HALF of the beer they ingest....

 

[Mescalhead]

Originally posted by Dumb pothead
I bet the elephants raid the marijuana and opium fileds too but we never hear about it because the elephants dont get violent afterwards.

Well I remember hearing about a few Elephants getting toasted in Amsterdam. It wasn't until 5 months afterward that you could find even one peanut in the whole country.
I even know of an elephant who got a tusk hollowed out to use as a bong.