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Maine Elephant Care Center Vet Killed by Elephant
NBC News ^ | September 9, 2014

Posted on 09/09/2014 6:41:53 PM PDT by SMGFan

PORTLAND, Maine — A veterinarian and co-founder of Hope Elephants, which cares for retired circus elephants, was killed Tuesday when one of the animals stepped on him, police said in ruling his death an accident.

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1 posted on 09/09/2014 6:41:53 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Apparently Stompy the elephant just don’t care.


2 posted on 09/09/2014 6:45:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: SMGFan

That’s too bad. Probably won’t be easy to find another vet to care for them.


3 posted on 09/09/2014 6:46:10 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Elephants are among the coolest critters on the planet but they can be deadly in a hot second.


4 posted on 09/09/2014 6:51:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: SMGFan
Was he a Democrat? Maybe the mascot decided to start the pushback.
5 posted on 09/09/2014 6:52:05 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: nuconvert
""The elephant was not aggressive in any way. It was clearly an accident,""

Total BS. That elephant knew what it was doing, and it wasn't an accident. If the vet "fell" it probably was because he was knocked down.

6 posted on 09/09/2014 6:55:43 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Barak Hussein Obama- the first step into a thousand years of darkness.)
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To: cripplecreek

Peter Peanut? Shelled by a rogue elephant?

RIP.


7 posted on 09/09/2014 6:59:43 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: SMGFan

They ruled it an accident? What if the elephant just got away with premeditated murder?


8 posted on 09/09/2014 7:02:06 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: SMGFan

How awful. Prayers for his loved ones.


9 posted on 09/09/2014 7:05:26 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: matthew fuller

True. Elephants are notoriously careful with their feet. I talked to an elephant handler so years ago and he told me that they aren’t afraid of mice but having small things moving around where they might step makes them nervous.

One of his “tricks” was to have the elephant step on an egg without breaking it. He said they gently feel for it and don’t put any real pressure on it.


10 posted on 09/09/2014 7:06:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: cripplecreek

About 30 years ago a guy on my street (casual acquaintance) got his head squished by an elephant at a wild animal park.

The elephant knocked him down and deliberately stomped on his head. It took all of about 2 seconds. I believe he had a closed casket funeral.


11 posted on 09/09/2014 7:12:25 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Barack Obama is showing the world what it would look like had America never been born.)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

It was deliberate.


12 posted on 09/09/2014 7:13:56 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Barack Obama is showing the world what it would look like had America never been born.)
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To: Ezekiel
"Peter Peanut? Shelled by a rogue elephant?"

Oh, great! Now the inappropriate laughter by Mary Tyler Moore... You realize the stress we've been under, trying to to suppress the hysterical posts?

13 posted on 09/09/2014 7:14:17 PM PDT by jonascord (Laeti vescimur nos subacturis)
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To: jonascord

Tim Conway goes off script during filming of the Carol Burnett show with an elephant story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs1ljs5Acig


14 posted on 09/09/2014 7:18:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: jonascord

Chuckles would have wanted you to laugh.

A little song,
A little dance...


15 posted on 09/09/2014 7:21:44 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: cripplecreek

O M G!!!

He killed every last one of them.

But it was Vicky who came in with the coup de grace...

My sids are hurting from LOL so hard!!!!

PS: Was that Dick Van Dyke on the end of the couch? The image was a bit grainy and he had his head down trying to hold his laughter in.


16 posted on 09/09/2014 7:26:59 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
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To: jonascord

There was a Far Side cartoon which pretty nearly described this situation, though the pith-helmeted victim was more pancake-like than in real life.


17 posted on 09/09/2014 7:29:10 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: freedumb2003

I think it was Van Dyke on the end of the couch.

The single funniest comedy bit I’ve ever seen and it was just Tim Conway screwing with the rest of the cast.


18 posted on 09/09/2014 7:30:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: SMGFan

Elephants do not step on things by accident. They are extremely careful with their footing.


19 posted on 09/09/2014 7:37:09 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: freedumb2003

Yes he was a guest that week - I showed this to my daughters a few years back (~40 from when I watched it as a kid) and we were all laughing so hard it hurt. I miss real comedy. Phsnoort...


20 posted on 09/09/2014 7:42:30 PM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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