Drunken elephants electrocuted

[Ivan Seeking]

FOUR wild elephants who ran amok after getting drunk on rice beer were electrocuted in India's northeastern state of Meghalaya when they brought down power lines, an official said Tuesday.

The herd went on the rampage on Sunday night after storming into villages and drinking from open casks of beer in a remote area in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district.

"The elephants after getting high on rice beer, went berserk and started dashing against an electric pole," the forest official said.[continued]

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[hypnagogue]

This is the kind of tragedy that must inevitably ensue if elephants do not have mice dressed in marching band attire to guide them through their inevitable and unintentional experiences with alcohol consumption.

[motai]

They need to form an Anti-Saloon League for elephants, or the ETU (Elephant Temperance Union).

I guess there is a lesson in here for all of us: Dont drink and ram repeatedly into electrical poles.

[zoobyshoe]

Strange. Most of the alcoholic elephants I know just get maudlin and unmotivated.