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10-23-2007, 04:54 PM
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Associated Press - October 23, 2007 8:33 AM ET
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Even elephants need to drink responsibly.
Six wild elephants were electrocuted after drinking rice beer in northeastern India, according to a wildlife official.
The official says nearly 40 elephants came to a remote village looking for food last Friday and some of them discovered beer that farmers ferment and keep in containers in their huts. They're known to have a taste for it.
The animals went berserk, uprooted a utility pole and were electrocuted.
Four other elephants died in a similar rampage in the area three years ago.
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Associated Press - October 23, 2007 8:33 AM ET
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Even elephants need to drink responsibly.
Six wild elephants were electrocuted after drinking rice beer in northeastern India, according to a wildlife official.
The official says nearly 40 elephants came to a remote village looking for food last Friday and some of them discovered beer that farmers ferment and keep in containers in their huts. They're known to have a taste for it.
The animals went berserk, uprooted a utility pole and were electrocuted.
Four other elephants died in a similar rampage in the area three years ago.
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