Gin lover? Had a long day? Ready to sit back, relax and enjoy a gin and tonic? Heads up, it could have been sourced from elephant dung.
London A vacation is often an inspiring experience -- but that inspiration can take many forms. Following a holiday to a game reserve a couple of years ago, Paula Ansley was inspired to ask her husband Les a rather unusual question: Would it be possible to make gin using elephant dung?
This strange inquiry came after a game ranger had explained to her how elephants are particular about the food that they forage, yet absorb less than half of what they eat -- meaning much of their diet of plants remains in their dung. Les, a South African, had moved to the UK years earlier, where he met Paula.
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