Temple Elephant Runs Amok, Leaves Trail of Destruction

Описание: A video has emerged of the harrowing moment a caparisoned elephant tramples a mini truck even as two mahouts sit atop watching helplessly. Kalidassan - the elephant - was parading with 11 other pachyderms during a festival in Pulappatta in Kerala in southern India when he ran amok, rampaging through the streets.
While he did not attack any people, the agitated elephant smashed at least 20 vehicles including motorbikes, autorickshaws and pick-up vans parked near the temple festive ground. The tusker was brought under control by animal squad personnel after four hours.
The horrifying scene was captured by a local visitor on his mobile phone, and shows the tusker smashing a yellow mini-van repeatedly with his trunk as two mahouts sitting atop trying in vain to control him. Once the truck is completely damaged, he moves on and starts chasing people surrounding him.
Kalidassan was one among a group of temple elephants that are an integral part of the festivals in Kerala. The elephants are decorated with beautiful caparisons and made to parade for as long as 10 kms on a single day of festival, carrying effigies of deities amid noise of orchestra and fireworks that sometimes agitate the highly-sensitive animals and result in such incidents.

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