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January 10, 1908
The Citizen
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
What is this article about?
A vivid description of trained elephants acting like 'police' to capture wild ones by herding them to trees for securing, as observed and reported in the Strand Magazine.
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Elephant Police.
The sight of six pairs of elephants simultaneously at work capturing a half dozen struggling, trumpeting mates is an imposing one. Like a pair of animal policemen arresting a prisoner, the great beasts sidle alongside a victim, take him between them and jostle and squeeze and worry him, tail first, toward a tree. Every inch is contested by the herculean fighters until nearing a stout tree or stump the little brown elephant catchers slide from their mounts to the ground, crawl under the ponderous bellies and shuffling, kicking feet, slip cable slings about a hind foot and take a turn around a tree.-Strand Magazine.
The sight of six pairs of elephants simultaneously at work capturing a half dozen struggling, trumpeting mates is an imposing one. Like a pair of animal policemen arresting a prisoner, the great beasts sidle alongside a victim, take him between them and jostle and squeeze and worry him, tail first, toward a tree. Every inch is contested by the herculean fighters until nearing a stout tree or stump the little brown elephant catchers slide from their mounts to the ground, crawl under the ponderous bellies and shuffling, kicking feet, slip cable slings about a hind foot and take a turn around a tree.-Strand Magazine.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Animal Story
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Elephant Capture
Animal Police
Wild Elephants
Herding Technique
Story Details
Story Details
Six pairs of elephants work together to capture struggling wild elephants by herding them tail-first toward a tree, where handlers secure a hind foot with cable slings.