Enraged Elephant Discovered to Be a Man-Eater

Local Authorities Opening Up the Man-Eating Elephant

An aggressive and enraged elephant that killed 17 people in India was found to have ingested human remains.  According to zoologist Dave Salmoni, the large mammal went on the rampage after her calf was killed.  When the animal was finally shot by a professional hunter, scientists discovered through DNA samples that the elephant consumed human flesh.

Elephants are strict herbivores and this shocking behavior is thought to be done out of revenge by a crazed mother.  A television special called "World's Deadliest Towns: Killer Elephants" will feature this story and will air February 21st on Animal Planet.

Read the Huffington Post's article here.

Man Killed By Rooster

A unrelated cockfight in India (Photo by Thessaly La Force)

In California, a man was killed after being stabbed in the leg by a rooster chicken.  The rooster was competing in an illegal cockfight near Bakersfield, California when the incident occurred.  The man, Jose Luis Ochoa, was cut open by a blade attached to the rooster's leg after the crowd was scrambling when police arrived at the event.  Cockfighting, similar to dog fighting, is illegal in in all 50 US states as well as many other countries.  Razor blade, knives and other weapons are often attached to the birds so the birds fight to the death.  In this case, Jose was the loser. Read the Time.com article here.