You think this headline iscorny? Now you know how I felt! Half of the world’s press seems to be carrying this story.
Why on earth would anyone name an elephant Osama bin Laden??? that too in ASSAM of all places!
Sharpshooters in India’s northeast have killed a rogue elephant blamed for 14 deaths, who was so feared villagers named him after Osama bin Laden, wildlife officials said yesterday.
Wildlife authorities had ordered the elephant be shot and killed by Dec. 31.
The order came after the bull, dubbed “Laden” — which has twice evaded attempts to kill him — was blamed for the death of a woman Wednesday near the thickly wooded evergreen jungle where it lives.
Behali is about 240 km northeast of Gauhati, the state capital.
Conflicts between humans and elephants have escalated in northeastern India in recent years as the destruction of the elephants’ natural habitat has expanded, forcing them to forage for food in human areas.
In the past five years, more than 250 people have been killed in Assam by elephants, while angry villagers killed 268 elephants during the same period. Assam is estimated to have 5,300 Asiatic elephants.
December 21, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Osama bin Laden shot dead in India
Osama bin Laden shot dead in India posted at IndianPad.com
December 21, 2006 at 9:34 pm
That’s pretty funny. Well, not the people dying part.
December 22, 2006 at 5:11 am
Sadly, this good news is not going to be followed up by an extension of the activity to cover all elephants, big cats, wild dogs, bears, giant lizards, rhinos, hippos, giraffes, zebras, buffalos (not bison), and wild boars. Apes, of course, and wild horses, are close cousins and good buddies respectively.
Naturally orcas and great white sharks need to go, as do walruses. Seals are OK. Humans need thinning. I can help there. All Greens and other fascists, plus certain sects of theist need to go. I will be happy to get mine as soon as I am sure that all the other monsters are going to get their’s. No tricks now.
But it is not going to happen. Too many soppy softies. Cy Quick at mydigest.wordpress.com
December 22, 2006 at 11:56 am
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