Elephant Polo is a variant of the sport polo with its main gimmick being that the players ride an elephant during the sport instead of horses. The British created this sport by substituting the standard horse with the more available elephant. The modern state of the game started in 1982 where the WEPA (World Elephant Polo Association) set the rules for the sport and started an annual competition. However, out of the four countries that host the sport only Nepal and Thailand follow WEPA regulation, with those played in India and Sri Lank being under independent tournament regulation. There are two interesting differences of the sport compared to the original . The differences under WEPA is that the field is 150 meters shorter and about 100 meters thinner than the normal polo field, this was changed because of the elephant speed compared to horses. The time length of the game is also changed, in elephants it has a total of 35 minutes,ten minutes of sport followed by an interval for...
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