A Spanish tourist died this Friday after being attacked by an elephant while she was giving it a bath in a pachyderm center on the island of Yao Yaiin the southwest of Thailand, police and center sources indicated.
Police officer Charan Bangprasert, from the Yao Yai police station, told EFE that a person from Spanish nationality She died after an incident with an elephant, without specifying the woman’s age.
The information was confirmed by a worker at the center ‘Koh Yao Elephant Care’who explained to EFE that the tourist was bathing the elephant when she passed in front of the animal and This one stuck a fang into him, causing injuries from which he later died.
Washing elephants, or bathing with them, are popular activities at some recreation centers in Thailandwhere pachyderms also participate in shows for tourists.
