Circus Elephant Flees Bath Time and Escapes Into Busy Ireland Parking Lot
- Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:00pm by
Liz Klimas
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It’s a familiar phrase of young adults threatening to “runaway and join the circus” to go find themselves, but one 40-year-old elephant who had been in the business for years couldn’t wait to get away.
Baby, a 2.5 ton circus elephant, decided she did not want to partake in the ritual of bath time anymore, saw her opportunity and took off breaking through a barricade in Blackpool, Ireland. Unfortunately for Baby, she didn’t get very far as she trapped herself in a parking lot where her handlers were able to contain and lure her back to the proper enclosure.
The parking lot security camera caught the incident. Watch it on this Reuter’s report:
Reuters reports Baby‘s handlers saying that bystanders were not truly in any danger of Baby’s stampede. They were more concerned about Baby trampling a car.
Baby with a young fan.
The Irish Examiner reports that an animal rights group plans to capitalize on the publicity from the escaped elephant and will be staging a protest against animals being used in the circus:
ARAN’s John Carmody said: “Judging from the response we are getting from the public since Neville’s break for freedom, we can safely say that the writing is on the wall for animal-act circuses in this country.
“It is time to reinvigorate a dying industry and start using amazing all-out acrobats and stunning artistic performers.
“Councils nationwide need to take action without delay and introduce motions to ban animal-act circuses using their land and government must introduce legislation in the upcoming Animal Health and Welfare Bill, as the next incident might be more deadly.”
Note: Some accounts report the elephant’s name was Neville. It is unclear which is the animal’s true name — Baby or Neville.
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I Aint PC
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 4:30pmEven Janet Napolitano does not want to go through TSA airport security, so she escaped.
Report Post »ronin_6
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:53pmGlad she didn’t get shot like the one in Hawaii.
Report Post »Kitkarr
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:54pmAnother Republican trying to break free of the circus. Bad joke?
Maybe he can get the lawyer who represented the killer whales to take his case and sue the circus for “enslaving” him. Bad, too?
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 11:53amIrish elephants always go to parking lots to look for the end of the rainbow. A pot of gold will buy a lot of hay.
Report Post »Centurian
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 10:17amACTUALLY, the truth behind is slightly different behind what is being reported.
Baby’s handlers let her watch Dumbo last night, and Baby saw the parking lot and thought that if she could build up enough head wind, she could fly…
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:48am“Isn’t that special,” wonder what the Bamster promised her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:44amWho is doing what? Going to do what to whom about water? They will not be alive to drink their own, so if it is worth it to them, let them try.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:54amThat’s what them taking over the waterways is all about. Now they are even regulating rain, and they have begun out west. Now I‘m telling people if the people don’t stop them, then the Father will, and it will be ugly for all.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:36amThose leftists were talking about the elephant saying he was creating too much methane gas and messing up the environment. Guess he got scared because being in a bath tub would really create a hugh bubble when the methane came out and further their evidence of this poor elephants contributing to pollution. He may have just tried to get out of Dodge and find a republican convention to work at. At least he would be healthier than having all that tofu and pink slime to eat.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:19amAs a kid one of my best memories was seeing the Elephants and big cats at the circus..Animal rights people be damned…you can’t take the animals out of a circus..the kids love it..
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:41amI am a conservative to the hilt but no man has a right to keep those magnificent animals for use as they do. These animals belong in their natural habitat. This is a heart thing, not a left or right thing.
Report Post »That elephant appeared mal nourished and thirsty. I feaking despise people who capture these animals.
MercuryGlass
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:43amSo animals should suffer so that children are entertained? You obviously have no idea what the life of an average circus animal is like.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 4:15am@MERCURY….
Report Post »We are Predators… and they are just animals, lower than us in the food chain… where there are places that serve Monkey Fingers, Tiger Steaks, and Elephant Brains. So, maybe a Circus or Zoo is a Better Option for them!
4xeverything
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 7:12amI like my elephant medium rare.
But seriously, without zoos and the circus kids wouldn’t grow up interested in these animals. They would never have the same respecct for the pictures in books or on the TV that they do when they see these creatures in real life. The learning oportunities out weigh the negatives.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:00amYou mean they are allowed to collect water over there? I guess they aren’t going to be able to collect water in Colorado here in the U.S. That reminds me of a time a certain Angel came down to trouble the waters. And people could only use the water at certain times.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:13amYou know they are going to control your water drinking don’t you? You won’t be able to just get a glass of water when you feel like it.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:14amThey are going to make sure they keep you thirsting. And I wouldn’t lead you astray on that.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:16amBecause they think they are gods.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:22amThey will make you buy water that gets shipped to you from Antarctica or so they will tell you.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:26amAnd if you don’t believe me all you have to do is look in the Bible where Jesus speaks with the Samaritan woman who can only draw water from the well during certain times. Or where the man could not enter the pool except during certain times.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 4:08amAll WarLords know… to Control the People… you must control the Food&Water, and Making&Possession of Weapons! It’s Biblical!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:13amThat elephant wanted to go to Mickey Ds. He looks malnourished for an elephant. Those leftists must have been feeding him pink slime.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:21pm‘Irish Spring’ protests… have begun!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:53pmGrateful Dead w/ Allman Brothers ☮ Not Fade Away, 6-10-73 …many thanx amigo…
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:56pmmusic never stops…till the sun rise…
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 12:56am…either way, at this time of night, Music is better than the nightmare of public discourse…The music never stops….you know this…pass it on brother…M
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 1:02amJust throwin out some music that is better than ITSJUSTIM or the rest of the late night lib nonsense…at any rate, night people…Friday is a new day,lets see what Barry O and his merry pranksters has in store for the free world…peace..M
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:18pmMust be a Democrat OWS elephant. Refused to take a bath!!!!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:21pmFunny!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:11pmThat was just a Ron Paul supporter trying to get the word out. Run Dumbo Run
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 11:11pmWhat the video didn’t show was the elephant was actually chasing down a donkey(jackass)..Much like the Repub candidate after the Liar-in-Chief.He can run,but not hide.
Report Post »NOBAMA 2012