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Sheriff's deputies in Natchitoches Parish on Tuesday morning
received a call about a stuck truck. Upon arriving on the scene,
they saw two elephants preventing the vehicle from overturning.
The truck's driver, also an elephant trainer, walked the
elephants out of the cargo compartment and directed them to help
prop up the vehicle, sheriff's Captain Tony Moran said in an
interview.
"It's creative," said Moran, who said the responding deputies
were "just astonished to see it."
Leaning side-by-side, the elephants pushed with their weight
against the truck, the sheriff's photos showed.
The truck was carrying three elephants from Florida. After a
stop in New Orleans, they were on their way to a circus near
Dallas.
The truck had pulled over on an interstate shoulder near
Powhatan, Louisiana, about an hour south of Shreveport. The
ground was soft after recent rains, the Natchitoches Parish
Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
After summoning aid to right the truck, the driver walked the
elephants back onto the truck, using spoken commands, Moran
said. The elephants were unharmed and continued on their way.
Authorities did not issue any citations in the incident.
(Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky in New Orleans. Writing by
Letitia Stein in Tampa, Fla.; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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