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In spite of rumors to the contrary, the enclosed did not happen at a
Thicko Village event.
Fitz
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FOX News:
Drunken elephants rampage, killing four in Indian village
12.24 p.m. ET (1632 GMT) October 21, 1999
GAUHATI, India (AP)
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ù Wild elephants broke into a cluster of thatched huts,
guzzled rice beer fermenting in casks and then tore the village apart in a
drunken rampage, trampling four people to death and injuring six, a
wildlife official said Thursday.
The herd of 15 elephants descended Wednesday on the village of
Prajapatibosti, 180 miles east of Gauhati, state capital of northeastern
Assam, elephant expert Kushal Konwar Sharma said.
The elephants broke into the thatched huts with their trunks and then began
drinking rice beer from casks, Sharma said in a telephone interview from
Golaghat.
"After drinking the beer the elephant herd became intoxicated and went on a
rampage, trampling to death four members of a family,'' he said. The
animals trampled rice paddies and more huts before leaving the area
Thursday morning.
At least 100 people have been killed in elephant attacks during the past
year in Assam, where 5,000 wild elephants are estimated to be living. Human
encroachment and a shrinking forest habitat have been the main causes of
the problem, Sharma said.
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