TUPELO, Miss., April 10 (UPI) -- A reward of more than $21,000 is being offered by Mississippi authorities for information about who may have shot a circus elephant in the shoulder.
Carol, a 39-year-old Asian elephant owned by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, was shot in the shoulder during an early morning drive-by shooting, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo reported Wednesday.