Rampaging wild jumbo rescues baby from rubble

Can you believe a wild elephant on the rampage rescuing an infant baby after completely destroying the house where the child was living?

This amazing incident occurred in a village in the West Bengal district Purulia. The parents of the baby, Dipak Mahato and his wife Lalita who revealed the story said the elephant virtually destroyed the house, but hearing a baby crying stopped his rampage and had rescued the baby from the rubble.

According to news reports Dipak, and the family were eating at around 8 pm. when it happened. They heard a loud cracking sound followed by crashing sounds from the bedroom. When they ran to the bedroom to see what was happening, they were shocked to see that the wall had been destroyed and a tusker (male elephant with tusks) was standing over their 10-month-old baby daughter.

Dipak says, "She was crying and there were huge chunks of the wall lying all around and on the cot."

"The tusker started moving away but when our child started crying again, it returned and used its trunk to remove the debris." According to the Mahatos, as soon as the child started crying, the elephant stopped its rampaging and gently began removing pieces of stone and brick that had fallen on to their daughter. Dipak said he found it so hard to believe that the elephant saved his daughter after breaking down the door and smashing the wall in such a rage.

The mother, Lalita, said: "We worship Lord Ganesh [the elephant god] in our village. Still, I can't believe that the tusker saved my daughter after breaking down the door and smashing a wall.

We watched amazed as it gently removed the debris that had fallen on her. It's a miracle." The baby was apparently taken to Deben Mahato Sadar Hospital, where she was treated for external injuries and was kept under observation for 48 hours.

According to Samir Bose, a Jhalda ranger, the elephant had damaged around 17 houses in Mathadi, Kasidih and Ghoshra village areas at around the same time.

Student dances in tiger enclosure

It can be called a heroic act or sometimes people may indulge in such antics due to sheer madness or absolute drunkenness.

But whatever the reason was 23-year-old third-year student of electronics and communications at a private college in Indore, India, Yasonandan Kaushik jumped into a tiger enclosure at the Gwalior Zoo and challenged the two Bengal tigers, Lav and Kush for a fight!

According to the police and a large number of stunned spectators Kaushik scaled the two-feet wall to jump into the tiger enclosure.

He had then proceeded to take off his shirt and dance in front of the two tigers. Kaushik even went to a small pond meant for the tigers and washed his face and hands.

Shocked spectators were shouting at him but ignoring them. Kaushik continued to dance and challenge the tigers for a fight. He also tried to chase one of them into the small cave in the enclosure.

The two ferocious-looking Bengal tigers may not have been hungry or maybe not preferring human flesh or may have been in a light mood, did not attack but was watching him closely.

Luckily the tigers were more sane than Kaushik and left him alone until the security staff arrived and locked the tigers to prevent any tragedy.

His father Ashok Kaushik told police that his son "hadn't slept for four nights and probably this took a toll on him."

Zoo officials believe wild animals born in captivity rarely get aggressive and attack people. Anyhow the police are considering registering a case of suicide attempt.

Hungry bear gets head stuck in plastic jar

It was a bad day for this lonely black bear. A catastrophe! He was so hungry but due to his impatience got his head stuck in a jar.

The plastic jar contained birdseed and the bear hungry as ever got his entire head inside the jar. Canadian officials with the help of the police restored the black bear's dignity by removing the jar from his head.

Residents of Lively, Ontario seeing the bear meandering down the street, bumping into things. reported to the police.

"Officers attended on scene and were able to locate the bear which was unable to remove the jar from its head. It continued to wander around walking into a variety of objects including a police cruiser."

Unable to corral the bear, police called the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) who sent Brent MacDonald, a "bear technician." He tranquillised the bear, who by this time was hanging out in some bushes between people's houses.

According to MacDonald:"... I thought perhaps I could twist [the jar] and kind of pull it at the same time and gently pull it off - thinking maybe the bear hadn't gotten to that stage, maybe it was an immature bear. Bears have life experiences like we do. It wasn't long after that I did get the barrel in my hands that I realised, 'This thing's not coming off."

So he took out his Leatherman knife and cut the jar off with the help of a police officer. "And then a few minutes later we pried it off and there was the bear!"

The bear in question was relocated and safely released into the wild once it woke up from its induced snooze.

Black bears generally avoid humans but their entire life revolves around food and they're drawn to areas where people live.

"They will topple bird feeders, ransack barbecues, raid garbage cans and even try to enter buildings," states the MNR. This year Ontario police can expect to field hundreds of calls over nuisance bears - some of whom will probably have their head stuck in things.