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1993: The gift of elephant dung

"The unusual presents sell for around six pounds each."

Newsround's Krishnan Guru-Murthy introduces a report by Nick Gardner about Paignton Zoo's novel approach to dealing with its daily deposits of elephant dung.

For a bargain fee, you - or someone you dislike - could be the proud owner of a stylish monument to the bowel movements of the world's largest land animals.

Turns out you can polish them, after all...

BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 15 April 1993.