| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | September 2008 
Mexico Seizes Circus Animals After Elephant Escape
 Associated Press
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| | A man stands next to a dead elephant after it was hit by a passenger bus on the outskirts of Mexico City, early Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. The five-ton elephant escaped from a circus and wandered onto a busy highway, where it was hit by a bus and died on Tuesday. State officials said bus driver also was killed and at least four passengers were hospitalized. (AP) | | |
Mexico City - Mexico has seized 12 animals from a circus a day after one of its elephants wandered onto a highway and was struck and killed by a bus.
Mexico's Environmental Protection office says the two Asian elephants and 10 Siberian tigers were not properly contained and were at risk of escaping.
The office said Wednesday in a statement that inspectors found the elephants tied to the tire of a trailer. Doors on several of the trailers also lacked proper locks.
On Tuesday, a five-ton elephant named Indra escaped the circus, wandered onto a highway outside Mexico City and was hit by a bus carrying 41 passengers. The driver and the pachyderm died.
Mexican media reported that the elephant escaped as its keeper arrived to feed it. |
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