| Murder in the elephant yard
Monday's visit to the Ramat Gan Safari will not soon be forgotten, as visitors witnessed the elephant yard's male leader attack and kill his female counterpart. Around 2 pm, toward closing time, Yossi, the 33-year-old male African elephant attacked 46-year-old Atari, brutally slamming her against the yard's wall. The blow caused her to fall to the ground, and left her groaning for a few moments before dying. The elephant keepers quickly arrived at the scene and removed Yossi, making way for the safari's veterinarian Yigal Horowitz to approach Atari, only to pronounce her dead.
Atari was crushed to death within minutes (Photo: Tibor Yeger) "She didn't stand a chance against him," said one elephant keeper, "Yossi is a giant, very powerful elephant.
The resort that knocked back Brangelina
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt might have been knocked back by this exclusive Namibian resort, but Frank Walker was more than welcome. Breshnez the barman at Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge looked through the lodge's telescope at the dirt airstrip down in the valley and saw a very pregnant Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt standing next to the light plane that had just landed. The lodge sent its Land Rover down to meet the unexpected plane and the Hollywood celebrity couple sent their fixer up the mountain drive to the lodge to see if there was room at the inn. "They wanted the whole place, all 10 lodges," Brezhnev said. "We said some of the lodges were occupied. and others were booked. The agent said we will have to move the guests out so we could have Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt stay at our lodge.
State game group looks for the next generation
WAYNESBORO Increasing the involvement of youth in hunting and fishing is one of the major concerns of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. That was the point of emphasis presented by VDGIF director J. Carlton Courter III at Thursday's semiannual meeting of the Waynesboro Game and Fish Protective Association at Shenandoah Heights Baptist Church. .
Punjab Governor to flag off SAARC Car Rally on way to Pak
CHANDIGARH: The City Beautiful is all set to receive SAARC Car Rally reaching here Tuesday enroute to Wagah Border to enter Pakistan on Wednesday. Continuing its onward journey after an overnight stopover in Chandigarh, the Car Rally will be flagged off by Gen S F Rodrigues, Governor Punjab & Administrator UT Chandigarh for Wagah Border from Capitol Complex in the early hours on 28th March 2007, it is officially stated here Monday. Initially flagged off at Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh, on 15th March 2007, the first ever SAARC Car Rally, within the SAARC region, is being organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Member States of SAARC along with the SAARC secretariat from 15th March till 14th April, 2007. The official sources said that the Car Rally was being held at the behest of Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, who, at the 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka, in November 2005, announced that India would hold the first South Asian Car Rally which would be a run up to the next Summit to be held in New Delhi in April 2007. The idea was welcomed by all SAARC countries.
Kenya: All-Conquering Kenyans
Kenya's junior men displayed great skill when they captured all the three medals in the 8km race. Asbel Kiprop led a Kenyan 1-2-3 in a race the home team controlled with ease. Kiprop, clocked 24 minutes 07 seconds in his victory, captured the imagination of the ecstatic home crowd who flocked the Mama Golf Club course for the historic event. Kenyan-born Dutchwoman, Lornah Kiplagat, demolished the Ethiopian running machine to win the senior women's 8km race decisively at the 35th World Cross Country Championships. So confident was Kiplagat that she grabbed a Dutch flag with 100m to finish in celebration. .
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