Wednesday 25 March 2015

Amazing:two elephants prevented a lorry from tipping over

Strange sight: Two circus elephants helped keep the trailer that'd been traveling in from tipping over along a Louisiana highway Tuesday morningWhen mud caused the long-haul truck to begin to tip onto its side, a trainer had the bright idea of enlisting the pachyderms for help.
Two elephants saved the day Tuesday after an 18-wheeler in which they were being hauled from New Orleans to Texas nearly tipped over were it not for their help.
They were two of three Asian elephants in the truck being transported from Florida to a circus in Dallas when the driver pulled over on I-49 in Natchitoches Parish around 7am.
When mud caused the long-haul truck to begin to tip onto its side, a trainer had the bright idea of enlisting the pachyderms for help. See more photos after the cut...


Whoops: The truck was en route to a circus in Texas when the driver pulled over and a muddy shoulder caused the 18 wheeler to tip


Video reveals a trainer coaxing one of the beasts out of the truck as the other is already standing with its head anchoring the truck's trailer.

When members of the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's department arrived, 'they were astounded to find two elephants keeping the eighteen wheeler from overturning,' reads the department's official statement.Where the elephants were headed doesn't sit well for many. In fact, the nation's largest circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, is ending its iconic elephant acts due to growing public concern about how the endangered creatures are treated.

Culled from:Daily Mail
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