Another elephant elopes

“A female elephant has gone missing from the Rajaji national park of Uttarakhand. Mamata was roaming in Chilla range of the park along with two other elephants yesterday when a wild tusker approached them. While the other two, Ragini and Radha, went back to their training camps, Mamata decided to follow her ‘date’ and is missing since then.” - DNA

Runaway elephant back in circus

“The smile is finally back on the faces of the performers of Olympic Circus. For, Sabitri, the elephant who eloped’ with a tusker, is back in the ring after eight days. ” - The Times of India

Wild escape: Elephants elope in West Bengal

“A wild bull elephant has managed to lure away the prized female from a circus in West Bengal and left the show’s other females pining to break free as well, officials and circus workers said.” - NDTV.com

Wild tusker elopes with circus elephant in eastern India

“In an action-packed love story, a wild tusker emerged out of the jungles of the eastern India, broke through the fences of a circus and eloped with a female circus elephant, news reports said Thursday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night in Raniganj in West Bengal state, about 175 kilometres north of state capital Kolkata, IANS news agency reported.” - Earth Times