Midnight Mike
2007-02-18, 11:15 AM
Elephant runs amok
Feb. 16 - An angry elephant takes to destroying a vehicle at an annual elephant polo event in Sri Lanka.
A four-tonne elephant threw off his mahout and American rider as the island's sixth annual elephant polo tournament got under way, rampaging off the pitch and crushing the Spanish team's minibus with his head.
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?video ... on_reuters (http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=9068&src=021607_0907_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters)
Feb. 16 - An angry elephant takes to destroying a vehicle at an annual elephant polo event in Sri Lanka.
A four-tonne elephant threw off his mahout and American rider as the island's sixth annual elephant polo tournament got under way, rampaging off the pitch and crushing the Spanish team's minibus with his head.
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?video ... on_reuters (http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=9068&src=021607_0907_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters)