Drunken elephants are still causing trouble in India. A few months ago I listed an article about crazed wild elephants who raid Indian villages looking for rice wine. Well they're still at it. The situation is so dangerous that pregnant women are climbing onto tree platforms to give birth so that they don't get trampled by drunken elephants.

The animals stray out of their shrinking habitat in the wild in search of food. A police officer in Dumka said: "Tribals who love rice beer brew the liquor at home. Elephants too are fond of this beer. "Often it is found that, attracted by the strong smell of the liquor, wild elephants tear down the tribal houses where the brew is stored." In eastern India last year, about 350 people were killed and hundreds were injured in elephant attacks.[link]