Six misbehaving wild elephants were electrocuted after drinking rice beer in India's remote north east.A herd of 40 trespassed on a village in Meghalaya state where one of them broke a utility pole.
The elephants are known to have developed a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities and stored in outdoor in India's north east.
The story was treated in a very comical way by most news outlets; of the major American news outlets the Associated Press made the best attempt to keep composure and professionalism limiting itself to using the childish term "berserk."
The South African website News24.com used the absurd headline "Elephants die after beer binge" then quoting an activist describing what reads very much like a comical script. According to Google.com The Press Association used the headline "Jumbos' brew tragedy," again making fun of a serious matter.
BBC News took the most serious approach, treating the matter like the real environmental issue it is; also addressing the demise of these elephants' habitats.
-oScar
The Associated Press: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21432722/
News24.com: http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2207800,00.html
BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7058031.stm
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