Elephants saved from sharp frost by vodka

2006-01-14 - Ulan Bator, Mongolia.

Circus show of animal trainer Taisiya Kornilova “Around the world” has arrived in Yaroslavl recently. The show includes three elephants, and to save them from frosts, the trainers have to give them some vodka. “Such sharp frosts are critical weather conditions for our animals, animal trainer Andrei Kornilov said to a REGNUM correspondent. It's a climatic shock, so we have to warm them by alcohol. Yesterday we gave a bucket of vodka to one of the elephants, and after drinking it...

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