MorphicOutFielder
11-16-2002, 07:22 PM
This is funny! Can you see a herd of drunk elephants?
Elephants raid villages for beer
Guwahati, India - A herd of wild elephants with a taste for local liquor are on the rampage in India's northeastern Assam state, crashing through fields and smashing down village huts to look for their favourite rice-brew tipple.
Forest officials said they had received reports of destruction by the elephants in many parts of northern Assam during the past two weeks, especially in the tea garden areas where people traditionally brew copious volumes of rice beer.
"Elephant herds have taken a fancy to drinking rice beer after entering tea garden labour colonies. In the process, they are smashing down many mud and thatch-roofed huts," a wildlife ranger said.
He said the runs were equally devastating before and after the drunken bouts.
"Most of the villagers, apprehending trouble from the elephant herds, stay huddled together at night. Thankfully, nobody has been trampled to death," the official said.
The herd of 200 elephants are believed to have crossed over into Assam from the neighbouring state of Arunachal Pradesh, looking for food and water.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Asia/0,1113,2-10-20_1194445,00.html
Elephants raid villages for beer
Guwahati, India - A herd of wild elephants with a taste for local liquor are on the rampage in India's northeastern Assam state, crashing through fields and smashing down village huts to look for their favourite rice-brew tipple.
Forest officials said they had received reports of destruction by the elephants in many parts of northern Assam during the past two weeks, especially in the tea garden areas where people traditionally brew copious volumes of rice beer.
"Elephant herds have taken a fancy to drinking rice beer after entering tea garden labour colonies. In the process, they are smashing down many mud and thatch-roofed huts," a wildlife ranger said.
He said the runs were equally devastating before and after the drunken bouts.
"Most of the villagers, apprehending trouble from the elephant herds, stay huddled together at night. Thankfully, nobody has been trampled to death," the official said.
The herd of 200 elephants are believed to have crossed over into Assam from the neighbouring state of Arunachal Pradesh, looking for food and water.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Asia/0,1113,2-10-20_1194445,00.html