Circus elephants in Cork incidents 'were drugged', lab tests reveal

Independent tests on two circus elephants which were involved in incidents in Cork last month have shown the animals were drugged.

Independent tests on two circus elephants which were involved in incidents in Cork last month have shown the animals were drugged.

Courtney Brothers Circus ordered the tests after one of the animals broke out of its paddock, and another incident in which one elephant pushed another one which then fell onto a man who had to be hospitalised for his injuries.

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