8/30/2005: Elephant truck (breaks down)

Undertoad · 08-30-2005, 12:16 PM

Suggested by Clodfobble and then covered by WaPo. This elephant is being loaded onto a trailer in Kenya so that it can be moved from an overcrowded nature reserve to another, less crowded national part. This was part of a move of 400 elephants. Unforunately it made the news because of what happened next: the trailer failed, unable to carry the weight.

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Hobbs · 08-30-2005, 01:47 PM

Jiminey Christmas. That's why I don't live over in Kenya. Everytime you turn around, there's another elephant catastrophy.

seakdivers · 08-30-2005, 03:17 PM

A $3.2 million endeavor, yet they didn't check the weight capacity of the trailer or the truck before loading a sedated elephant onto it.

Seems that ya might want to know that kind of stuff beforehand - I'm sure it's just me.

capnhowdy · 08-30-2005, 04:26 PM

It's called geographical stupidity unofficially.
Would we Americans have thought of that? Sure we would. If we didn't we'd blame it on some opposing political group.

All hell will probably break loose when Leah sees this IOtD.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-30-2005, 06:58 PM

Looks like a halfassed operation to me.

It seems for $3.2 million they could have left a 400 mile trail of peanuts.

capnhowdy · 08-30-2005, 08:43 PM

...or took the 3.2 mil and took care of them where they were at. Of course I don't know what it costs to take care of an elephant per diem.

Send me one & I 'll check it out. Might be cheaper than my grandkids....

Leah · 08-31-2005, 12:48 AM

My god that poor elephant. They would had to have pump him up with more tranquilizers to keep him calm and especially from killing all in sight. If you want to see a new born baby elephant log onto elephantnaturepark.org and select news (left hand side) then baby born at park. This was the park that I was a volunteer at in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I just missed the mother being rescued and the baby elephant being born, bummer. Can't wait to get back and play with the baby.

Leah · 08-31-2005, 12:51 AM

http://www.elephantnaturepark.org/

wolf · 08-31-2005, 01:09 AM

My concern would be for the health of the elephant. Given their weight, they will sometimes suffocate from the pressure on their lungs if they lay down too long ... it's one of the things that makes surgery on them quite dangerous.

08-30-2005, 12:16 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/30/2005: Elephant truck (breaks down) Suggested by Clodfobble and then covered by WaPo. This elephant is being loaded onto a trailer in Kenya so that it can be moved from an overcrowded nature reserve to another, less crowded national part. This was part of a move of 400 elephants. Unforunately it made the news because of what happened next: the trailer failed, unable to carry the weight. full story

08-30-2005, 01:47 PM	#2
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	Jiminey Christmas. That's why I don't live over in Kenya. Everytime you turn around, there's another elephant catastrophy. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-30-2005, 04:26 PM	#4
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	It's called geographical stupidity unofficially. Would we Americans have thought of that? Sure we would. If we didn't we'd blame it on some opposing political group. All hell will probably break loose when Leah sees this IOtD. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-30-2005, 06:58 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looks like a halfassed operation to me. It seems for $3.2 million they could have left a 400 mile trail of peanuts. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:55 PM.

08-30-2005, 08:43 PM	#6
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	...or took the 3.2 mil and took care of them where they were at. Of course I don't know what it costs to take care of an elephant per diem. Send me one & I 'll check it out. Might be cheaper than my grandkids.... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-30-2005, 03:17 PM	#3
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	A $3.2 million endeavor, yet they didn't check the weight capacity of the trailer or the truck before loading a sedated elephant onto it. Seems that ya might want to know that kind of stuff beforehand - I'm sure it's just me.

08-31-2005, 12:48 AM	#7
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	My god that poor elephant. They would had to have pump him up with more tranquilizers to keep him calm and especially from killing all in sight. If you want to see a new born baby elephant log onto elephantnaturepark.org and select news (left hand side) then baby born at park. This was the park that I was a volunteer at in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I just missed the mother being rescued and the baby elephant being born, bummer. Can't wait to get back and play with the baby.

08-31-2005, 12:51 AM	#8
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	http://www.elephantnaturepark.org/

08-31-2005, 01:09 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My concern would be for the health of the elephant. Given their weight, they will sometimes suffocate from the pressure on their lungs if they lay down too long ... it's one of the things that makes surgery on them quite dangerous. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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