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Elephants Help Rescue Stuck 18-Wheeler in Louisiana

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HT elephant 4 150324?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1427280324127Courtesy Natchitoches Parish Sheriff”s Office(NATCHITOCHES PARISH, La.) — A pair of elephants helped rescue the truck they were riding in when it got stuck in the mud on a trip from New Orleans to Dallas.

It all began on Tuesday at 7:03 a.m. when the 18-wheeler transporting three elephants pulled off the road on Interstate 49 near the Powhatan exit in Louisiana and got stuck in the mud, the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s office said in a statement.

“When deputies arrived on scene, they were astounded to find two elephants keeping the eighteen wheeler from overturning,” the sheriff’s office said.

HT elephant 3 150324?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1427280448778Courtesy Natchitoches Parish Sheriff”s OfficeThe elephants on the truck were being transported to Frisco, Texas, for a circus.

A wrecker service arrived and was able to free the truck, relieving the elephants of their burden.

No citations were issued, police said.

Elep 1 4x3 992?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1427280522333Courtesy Natchitoches Parish Sheriff”s Office
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