Exotic Incident #810
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Mt. Pleasant Township, PA - USA
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25/08/2005
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Summary:
A woman suffered a sprained wrist and possibly torn ligaments when Jewel, an Asian elephant on exhibit at the Westmoreland Fair, grabbed her wrist with her trunk after she reached to pet the 8,200-pound pachyderm. Jewel is one of two elephants owned by Cole Bros. Circus and leased to Wambold’s Circus Menagerie, a Florida-based act that travels the country with several exotic animals.