Elephants Made to Race In Nepal Festival

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Nepal's elephant races get underway.

This year's event lasted five days and the winning elephant handler, or mahout was Khaga Choudary - his third victory in as many years.

Khaga Choudary, winning mahout of Bahadur Gaj, saying (Nepali):

"It depends on one's handling and skills. The more one tries, the better the elephant runs."

Mahouts have defended their training methods after coming under fire from animal rights groups.

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