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Tame elephant turns violent in Kochi

Kochi, Mar 2 (ANI): A tame elephant in Kochi recently turned violent and damaged a vehicle on a busy road while being led to take part in a temple festival.

The jumbo known as 'Sankarankulangara Ayyappan' ran amok while being taken for bath early morning.

It managed to damage an autorikshaw by tearing through its roof before being brought under control by the locals.

No casualties were reported.

However, according to reports, the elephant lovers' forum, in a press statement, alleged that the elephant that was partly blind and had suffered injuries in its legs.

Elephants are used for temple festivals in Southern India, particularly to perform long hours of processions in Kerala. (ANI)

Elephant kills mahout, hurts another

Thrissur, Kerala, Aug 16: An elephant trampled its mahout to death and seriously injured another at Chettuva near here. 'Keerti,' owned by the Guruvayur Devaswom Board, was being brought here after 'Anayoot', an elephant feeding function at a temple in Chettuva when it trampled to death Gopalakrishnan, the 'mahout'. Even during the function, the animal showed signs of distress and attacked another mahout Sadasivan, seriously injuring him. Later, the elephant was brought under control by a.....
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