8230;Alcohol tips from one party animal to another

Last month, six wild elephants that broke into a farm in Meghalaya were electrocuted after discovering and drinking a potent brew and then uprooting an electricity pole.

8220;There would have been more casualties if the villagers hadn8217;t chased them away. And four elephants died in a similar way three years ago. It is just so sad,8221; Hilton was quoted as saying in Tokyo last week. 8220;The elephants get drunk all the time. It is becoming really dangerous. We need to stop making alcohol available to them,8221; she said in a report posted on the World Entertainment News Network website. Her comments were also picked up by other websites and newspapers around the globe. While it wasn8217;t immediately possible to verify the comments, even from Hilton8217;s publicist, activists were quick to take heart from the 8220;celebrity endorsement8221;.

They said her remarks were sure to raise awareness of the plight of elephants which get drunk on rice beer. 8220;I am indeed happy Hilton has taken note of the incidents,8221; Sangeeta Goswami, who heads People for Animals, told the Associated Press.

8220;As part of her global elephant campaign, Hilton should, in fact, think of visiting this region, literally infested with elephants,8221; Goswami said.

Hilton might just agree. For, after the jail term, she had promised to become a good girl. Rwanda and charity work were to be part of the improved Paris package. Assam elephants might prove luckier.