Elephant went on a rampage

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-02-16 08:42

Mahouts try to subdue an elephant and rescue an unidentified teenage girl rider after she was thrown and the animal went on a rampage during Sri Lanka's sixth annual elephant polo tournament in Galle February 14, 2007. Abey, a four-tonne eighteen-year-old elephant, threw off his mahout and American rider and went on a rampage destroying a vehicle before being subdued.

Mahouts try to subdue an elephant and rescue an unidentified teenage girl rider after she was thrown and the animal went on a rampage during Sri Lanka's sixth annual elephant polo tournament in Galle February 14, 2007. Abey, a four-tonne eighteen-year-old elephant, threw off his mahout and American rider and went on a rampage destroying a vehicle before being subdued. [Reuters]


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