Elephants Escape During Kansas' Wild Weather
Posted: 7:01 PM Jun 5, 2008
Last Updated: 7:02 PM Jun 5, 2008
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A | A | A Severe storms moving across Kansas spooked
a pair of circus elephants who escaped their enclosure at a
fairgrounds.
Authorities say the elephants, part of a traveling circus, were
apparently frightened by the storm and entered the town of Wakeeney
after breaking loose.
Trego County Sheriff Richard Schneider says one elephant
wandered into a resident's backyard and was blocked off by fire
trucks until its trainers could coax it onto a truck. The second elephant has also been caught.
At least four tornadoes touched down in western and central
Kansas, where residents are nervously braced for what National
Weather Service