Like other mahouts, she says, she takes the elephants to the river to give them a bath and helps out with other tasks necessary for their upkeep.

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Meehan is expecting a packed Parc des Sports Aguilera on Saturday as Bath go in search of a win that would give them a faint hope of Heineken Cup progress.

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Bath, on the other hand, are chasing a top-two slot to give them a home tie in the Premiership play-offs.

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