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Circus Elephant Elopes With Wild Suitor

Posted Aug 30, 07 1:14 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – In perhaps the heaviest love story ever told, a wild bull elephant broke into a traveling circus in India and snatched away a tame but captivated female. Wildlife experts say the male was probably in must when he broke a gate to free his beloved; three other elephants also escaped, the Guardian reports, then returned when circus officials came calling.

But Savitri, a two-decade veteran of the circus, had other ideas. When the paramours were discovered bathing in a West Bengal jungle pond, the female wrapped her trunk around her lover’s leg. The male returned the favor; says one official, “He protectively shielded her like in a Bollywood blockbuster.”

Source Guardian (UK)

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A tame circus elephant has fled her handler to elope with a wild bull elephant that broke open her gate and led her away.   (Shutterstock.com)
When handlers attempted to coax the elephant back, she hid behind her protective new mate.   (Shutterstock.com)
Likening the love story to a "Bollywood Blockbuster," officials plan to keep the elephants under supervision to prevent damage to neighboring areas.   (Shutterstock.com)
oto/Mark Baker)   (Associated Press)
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