A Spanish woman has been gored to de.ath by an elephant while bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand
Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, 22, and her boyfriend were giving a bath to an elephant at Koh Yao Elephant Care center when the animal seemed to “panic” and pierced her with its tusk, police told CNN.
Bathing elephants at animal sanctuaries is a popular activity for tourists in Thailand, which is home to both wild and domesticated populations.
Garcia was visiting Thailand with her boyfriend, and the couple had been on a day trip to the center on Koh Yao Yai island while staying in Thailand’s popular resort island of Phuket, Koh Yao district police chief Charan Bangprasert told CNN.
The owner of the center informed police of the incident on Friday and an investigation is underway, the police chief said.
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