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A Mira Mesa man used a pair of homemade bombs to try to blow open ATM machines in San Diego, authorities allege, but he didn’t make off with any cash.

They were in the store for about 90 seconds, enough time to make off with 43 firearms, said Denise Geurts, who co-owns the shop with her son.

Aid trucks surrounded by angry mobs of mostly young men, who attack the drivers and make off with whatever they can carry.

But all of these security gadgets, Mr. Wilson is convinced, will do no more than delay what seems inevitable: Toronto’s seasoned auto thieves won’t be deterred by the defensive gear, and they’ll make off with this Honda SUV just as they did with its predecessor — and its insurance replacement, which they returned to steal.

It's not just wild elephants they are worried about but animals like wild boars, tigers, bison and monkeys that make off with their cattle and eat their crops.