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A unit called "The Great Tuskers of AWE" [17] was created to march in Mardi Gras parades with a large fiberglass elephant float and The Krewe of Tusk and Horn [18] marched on World Animal Day in the French Quarter. In neighboring Kenner, Louisiana, a 16-foot tall elephant sculpture was erected. [19]
Millangoda Raja (c. 1938 – 30 July 2011: Sinhala: මිල්ලන්ගොඩ රාජා), also known as Millangoda tusker, was a Sri Lankan elephant.Over 9 feet tall and with 7.5 foot (2.3 meters) long tusks, he was considered to be among the longest tusked captive Asian elephant during his lifetime.
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Shortly before U.S. citizens elect a president this fall, Elvis Costello fans will be able to return to the days when he was “King of America,” with a new six-CD super-deluxe set titled ...
White elephant sales are often useful to buyers and collectors, because they provide a way to purchase older and harder to find items. In the days before online auction and trading websites, white elephant sales, along with thrift stores, yard sales and pawn shops were popular ways to procure collectibles and odd items not available in retail ...
On 8 March 1945, the tusker had been publicly auctioned by then British Ceylon government at Hambantota Kachcheri. William Gunasekara (also known as 'Heiyantuduwa Ralahami') of Heiyantuduwa in Biyagama had bought him for 10,500 Rupees. Gunasekara was a wealthy landed proprietor and owned fourteen elephants at that era.