Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Elephant polo tournament in Galle

An elephant destroys a minibus (Elephant polo tournament in Galle )

REFILE - An elephant destroys a minibus after throwing it's rider and going on a rampage during Sri Lanka's sixth annual elephant polo tournament in Galle February 15, 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/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA)


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A mahout tries to control a polo elephant after it threw it's rider and went on a rampage during Sri Lanka's sixth annual elephant polo tournament in Galle February 15, 2007. Abey, a four-tonne eighteen-year-old elephant, threw off his mahout and American rider and went on a rampage

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