clear and present danger

If you are charged by an elephant*, ex-farmer A. says, you must run. As you run, you must strip off your clothes. The elephant will stop and trample each bit of clothing, giving you desperately-needed seconds.

(*Elephant Oliver aka the Father of Mana Pools had his leg repaired after an extensive operation involving an overseas appeal for funds, an aborted flight, a successful flight, probably imported antibiotics and lots of pushing, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force reports this week)