6 drunk elephants electrocute themselves

SUBMAN1 · 10-24-07, 05:50 PM

6 drunk elephants electrocute themselves

By WASBIR HUSSAIN
The Associated Press

GAUHATI, India — Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote northeast, a wildlife official said today.

Nearly 40 elephants came to a village on Friday looking for food. Some found beer, which farmers ferment and keep in plastic and tin drums in their huts, said Sunil Kumar, a state wildlife official.

They got drunk, uprooted a utility pole carrying power lines and were electrocuted in Chandan Nukat, a village nearly 150 miles west of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya state, Kumar said.

"There would have been more casualties had the villagers not chased them away," said Dipu Mark, a local conservationist.

The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities in India's northeast. Four wild elephants died in similar circumstances in the region three years ago.

India's northeast accounts for the world's largest concentration of wild Asiatic elephants with the states of Assam and Meghalaya alone estimated to have 7,000 of them.

"It's great to have such a huge number of elephants, but the increasing man-elephant conflict following the shrinkage in their habitat due to the growing human population is giving us nightmares," said Pradyut Bordoloi, former Assam Forest and Environment Minister.

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Torplexed · 10-24-07, 07:31 PM

Where does a drunken elephant passout?
Any where it wants to.

bookworm_020 · 10-24-07, 10:02 PM

It's not all loss! Plenty of cooked red meat and new luggage for all!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

d@rk51d3 · 10-24-07, 10:35 PM

I wonder if drunk elephants see pink people?:hmm:

.......Oh, wait. Some of us are pink.:rotfl:

STEED · 10-25-07, 09:11 AM

SHOCKING

Jimbuna · 10-25-07, 01:27 PM

I thought someone was going to say..."How...did they pi*s on an electric fence ?

10-24-07, 05:50 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	6 drunk elephants electrocute themselves 6 drunk elephants electrocute themselves By WASBIR HUSSAIN The Associated Press GAUHATI, India — Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote northeast, a wildlife official said today. Nearly 40 elephants came to a village on Friday looking for food. Some found beer, which farmers ferment and keep in plastic and tin drums in their huts, said Sunil Kumar, a state wildlife official. They got drunk, uprooted a utility pole carrying power lines and were electrocuted in Chandan Nukat, a village nearly 150 miles west of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya state, Kumar said. "There would have been more casualties had the villagers not chased them away," said Dipu Mark, a local conservationist. The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities in India's northeast. Four wild elephants died in similar circumstances in the region three years ago. India's northeast accounts for the world's largest concentration of wild Asiatic elephants with the states of Assam and Meghalaya alone estimated to have 7,000 of them. "It's great to have such a huge number of elephants, but the increasing man-elephant conflict following the shrinkage in their habitat due to the growing human population is giving us nightmares," said Pradyut Bordoloi, former Assam Forest and Environment Minister. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...ephants23.html __________________

10-24-07, 07:31 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Where does a drunken elephant passout? Any where it wants to. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

10-24-07, 10:02 PM	#3
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It's not all loss! Plenty of cooked red meat and new luggage for all!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

10-25-07, 09:11 AM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	SHOCKING __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

10-25-07, 01:27 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I thought someone was going to say..."How...did they pis on an electric fence ? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.* Oh my God, not again!!

10-24-07, 10:35 PM	#4
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,952 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	I wonder if drunk elephants see pink people?:hmm: .......Oh, wait. Some of us are pink.:rotfl: