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Circus Elephant Snarls Manila Traffic
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- An elephant escaped from a circus Thursday and ran among pedestrians and motorists on a busy Philippine highway before a truck driver blocked its escape.
The 21-year-old Jumbo, the biggest of 10 elephants from Thailand performing in the "Elephant World" show at the Araneta Center in suburban Quezon city, was about to be showered but became "agitated" because of the summer heat and broke free, said Shige Ijima, a son of the show's promoter.
A staffer at the Araneta Center said the elephant's Thai handler called in sick Thursday and another trainer took over. The animal was not used to being handled by another person, she said.
Motorcycle police cleared the way for the elephant as it lumbered northward against the flow of traffic on the congested highway before reaching a busy intersection.
Two Thai handlers grabbed a steel chain attached to one of its legs as it hesitated when an empty beer truck blocked the road. They then wrapped the chain around a tree.
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The handlers fed it bananas before they injected tranquilizers. The elephant used its snout to slurp up pools of water and mud to spray on its back.
Hundreds of residents, many of them children seeing a live elephant for the first time, cheered the impromptu show.
"We don't have money to watch the elephants, but now we can watch all we want. Thank you," said Lourdes Cruz.
Five hours later, the elephant was still standing despite the tranquilizer shots. Traffic was rerouted around it.
And, as we know, this would never have happened had the elephant not been in the zoo in the first place.
Well said.
Amy
Gentle is the night♥