Elephant Shot Dead After Crashing Party

January 8th, 2008 in Biology /
Elephant Shot Dead After Crashing Party (AP)

In this October 2007 photo supplied by the Independent Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, Tusker, the towering 50 year old bull is seen at a lodge in Kariba. Tusker was shot Sunday Jan. 6 2008 at Charara camp on the shores of Lake Kariba, 370 kilometres northwest of Harare. Witnesses reported drunken youths taunting the elephant by throwing bottles, lightning fireworks, flashing car lights, hooting and even plucking hairs from the animals tail and slapping its rump. (AP Photo / Independent Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force)

(AP) -- Tusker, a towering 50-year-old bull elephant who had become a favorite for safari camp visitors, was shot dead after New Year's party-goers provoked the animal into trampling several cars, conservationists said Monday.

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