Did any witnesses notice Team Thicko stickers on the elephant's butts?
just curious.......
Calvin K.
>In spite of rumors to the contrary, the enclosed did not happen at a
>Thicko Village event.
>Fitz
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> FOX News:
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>Drunken elephants rampage, killing four in Indian village
>12.24 p.m. ET (1632 GMT) October 21, 1999
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>GAUHATI, India (AP)
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>˜ Wild elephants broke into a cluster of thatched huts,
>guzzled rice beer fermenting in casks and then tore the village apart in a
>drunken rampage, trampling four people to death and injuring six, a
>wildlife official said Thursday.
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>The herd of 15 elephants descended Wednesday on the village of
>Prajapatibosti, 180 miles east of Gauhati, state capital of northeastern
>Assam, elephant expert Kushal Konwar Sharma said.
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>The elephants broke into the thatched huts with their trunks and then began
>drinking rice beer from casks, Sharma said in a telephone interview from
>Golaghat.
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>"After drinking the beer the elephant herd became intoxicated and went on a
>rampage, trampling to death four members of a family,'' he said. The
>animals trampled rice paddies and more huts before leaving the area
>Thursday morning.
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>At least 100 people have been killed in elephant attacks during the past
>year in Assam, where 5,000 wild elephants are estimated to be living. Human
>encroachment and a shrinking forest habitat have been the main causes of
>the problem, Sharma said.
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