Complex sentence: The elephants were frequently mentioned in local press, as they were often walked from circus ground to circus ground, and were regularly allowed to wander freely, when they sometimes got up to mischief on people's land, making the local press.
Split into simpler sentences: The elephants were frequently mentioned in local press, as they were often walked from circus ground to circus ground. They were regularly allowed to wander freely, when they sometimes got up to mischief on people's land, making the local press.