When I first saw this story, it was "six elephants electrocuted." Interesting, I thought, but no angle for me to cover, so I just let it be. Today, I find via this, THEY WERE IN FACT, DRUNK!
since it's yahoo, I'll post the juicy bits incase the story dissapears...
Shillong, Oct 23 (IANS) Six Asiatic wild elephants, including three calves, have died of electrocution after the herd, drunk on country liquor, dashed against a high-tension electric pole and came in contact with a live wire in a Meghalaya village...
During the past few months, herds of wild elephants have been wreaking havoc in several parts of Meghalaya and adjoining state of Assam, especially in villages where tribal people brew rice beer in large quantities,' noted elephant expert Kushal Konwar Sharma said...
'There have been several incidents of elephants drinking country liquor and then going berserk, at times plundering granaries and tearing apart huts, besides inflicting fatal attacks on human beings,' he added...
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