When Elephants Drink Beer

We have seen lot many tipplers who are very fond of Beer but what shall happen when elephants drink beer & go berserk. Exactly that has happened in Teok Kathoni, a tribal village which is 370 kilometers (229 miles) east of Assam’s main city Guwahati in India. Over here elephants, drank rice beer in huge quantity & plundered granaries, teared apart huts, and killed 3 people & injured a few also.

In Assam State of India, it has the largest Asiatic elephant population, which is estimated at 5,300, according to a recently released wildlife census. Earlier also reports of several incidents of elephants going berserk had happened, who generally look for rice beer in the area & fields. As per the official figures, Elephants have killed 239 people in Assam in the past five years, while 265 elephants have died during the same period, mainly these have been poisoned by angry humans, who were attacked by the beast.

Picture Source: bbc.co.uk

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