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Wedding elephant destroys 20 limos in 15-hour rampage

02 March 2010 [10:57] - TODAY.AZ
An elephant hired for a Hindu wedding in India caused more than £200,000 damage after trying to reach an in-heat female.
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The turned-on tusker trampled 20 limos  trying to reach the female in a nearby sugar cane field in the Indian capital New Delhi.

He also then mounted and attempted to mate with a truck, and smashed through a shopping mall in the 15-hour New Delhi rampage.

His adventure was finally brought to an end when wildlife experts managed to bring him down with a tranquilliser gun.

‘It is a very powerful urge,’ said one expert.


/Metro.co.uk/
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