Wild elephants are known to go on the rampage, but drunken elephants can be a handful or is it a mouthful as both villagers and wildlife officials in Mahavilachchiya came to experience.
Wild Life officials said a roaming herd of wild elephants walked into a kasippu den after sniffing the aromatic smell of fruits used in distilling the brew and had more than a mouthful of the booze and in their drunken state ran amok destroying crops and houses in the village.
The men at the illegal brewery showed a clean pair of heels no sooner they spotted the elephants stepping into the premises and left the illicit brew unattended to be enjoyed by the wild beasts.
Wild Life Department officials said the wild elephants often roam into human habitats in search of water and the smell emanating from the brew might have attracted them to the liquor den.
The officials had subsequently used fire crackers to chase the drunken beasts away. Residents however fear the animals may storm the village again having once tasted the forbidden brew.
-Dailymirror
Wild Life officials said a roaming herd of wild elephants walked into a kasippu den after sniffing the aromatic smell of fruits used in distilling the brew and had more than a mouthful of the booze and in their drunken state ran amok destroying crops and houses in the village.
The men at the illegal brewery showed a clean pair of heels no sooner they spotted the elephants stepping into the premises and left the illicit brew unattended to be enjoyed by the wild beasts.
Wild Life Department officials said the wild elephants often roam into human habitats in search of water and the smell emanating from the brew might have attracted them to the liquor den.
The officials had subsequently used fire crackers to chase the drunken beasts away. Residents however fear the animals may storm the village again having once tasted the forbidden brew.
-Dailymirror
