German man in Pattaya seriously injured after being attacked by an elephant

[Jonathan Fairfield]

German man in Pattaya seriously injured after being attacked by an elephant 

 

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A German man suffered serious injuries after being attacked by an elephant in Pattaya on Saturday morning.

 

The 69 year old man was cycling along Soi Nong Mai Kaen in Nong Prue, which runs by an elephant village.

 

Thai media reported the man cycles the route everyday, only today, he was confronted by an elephant.

 

Despite locals and members of staff from the elephant village warning the man to leave the area, he stayed.

 

The elephant then became more distressed and charged, resulting in serious injuries to his German man’s leg.

 

The German man received first aid at the scene and was then transferred to hospital for further treatment.

 

Vets later managed to subdue the elephant by shooting him with a tranquilliser dart.

 

An investigation into why the elephant attacked the German has been launched.

 

The elephant had recently been brought to Pattaya to perform for tourists. 

 

Source: One31 

 

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[SammyT]

If they didnt bring these animals to put on shows for tourists, things like this would never happen. Common sense seems to be lacking here, what a surprise.

[EL159]

"Elephant brought to PERFORM for tourists" ? And they dont know why the Elephant was distressed! Elephants are big beautiful WILD animals....not pets!

[sunnyboy2018]

30 minutes ago, SammyT said:

If they didnt bring these animals to put on shows for tourists, things like this would never happen. Common sense seems to be lacking here, what a surprise.

Elephants attack people in the wild too. In this story the cyclist refused to take advice from locals.

[sunnyboy2018]

30 minutes ago, EL159 said:

"Elephant brought to PERFORM for tourists" ? And they dont know why the Elephant was distressed! Elephants are big beautiful WILD animals....not pets!

They have been involved with humans for over a thousand years. 

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed. 

[Laza 45]

4 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

They have been involved with humans for over a thousand years. 

...and they are still dangerous..

[MRToMRT]

12 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

They have been involved with humans for over a thousand years. 

"involved" you mean we still try to dominate them for our own financial gain. Everyone should look up the videos which show how a wild elephant is initially broken.

[JimmyTheMook]

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Despite locals and members of staff from the elephant village warning the man to leave the area, he stayed.

 

Ugh, someone tells me there are elephants using this trail - I'd ride my bike elsewhere.

 

 

[Myran]

"resulting in serious injuries to his German man’s leg." Noooo! Not his German man's leg! Anything but that. Curse these animals, always attacking our German man's legs.

 

On a more serious note: you've only got yourself to blame, Mr. German guy.

[mercman24]

EVER seen an elephant run, well faster than a German on a bike ,, obviously

[sammieuk1]

With the elephant subdued the German subdued I suppose next someone nicked his bike????

[Seismic]

43 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Elephants attack people in the wild too. In this story the cyclist refused to take advice from locals.

Those elephant villages are in the middle of lots of housing estates, it was only a matter of time before this happened.

[BestB]

There is no doubt it is wrong to

use this majestic beasts for tourist entertainment but the knuckle head was told to go away as he was making elephant uncomfortable but of course why would he listen? 

[Seismic]

3 minutes ago, BestB said:

There is no doubt it is wrong to

use this majestic beasts for tourist entertainment but the knuckle head was told to go away as he was making elephant uncomfortable but of course why would he listen? 

Maybe because he lives there and cycles down that soi every day ??

[moonseeker]

Tiger on boy. Elephant on man. Yearly headlines.... A bit of reading up should educate some people and direct them to the source of the problem. MS>

 

https://www.google.com/search?ei=UxNhXe7nNYT7z7sPkdGXsA8&q=animal+shows+Thailand+avoid&oq=animal+shows+Thailand+avoid&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3..33i160.25549.31531..32131...3.1..0.243.1812.0j6j4......0....1.........0i71j35i39j33i22i29i30j33i21.c8

[Myran]

26 minutes ago, Seismic said:

Maybe because he lives there and cycles down that soi every day ??

What? A huge and obviously potentially dangerous elephant is by the road, and you're saying it makes sense that the German guy didn't listen to the warnings of other people because "he cycles down that soi every day"?

 

That's got to be the most brain dead reasoning I've read all week.

[BestB]

1 hour ago, Seismic said:

Maybe because he lives there and cycles down that soi every day ??

Well in that case elephant should have been explained and asked to chill out because German knuckle head lives there. ????

[Inn Between]

Well, what else did he expect? Isn't it common knowledge that elephants and Germans are natural-born enemies?  ????

 

But seriously, why wouldn't somebody heed a warning from the people who manage the elephants that something was wrong. If he'd taken the route many times without incident, but this particular day the people are telling him to go back, then something should register that the situation isn't normal and potentially dangerous. 

 

I, for one, will not be donating to his GoFundMe account as I believe in the Darwin Theory and suppressing of the "stupid gene" whenever possible.  

[Rimmer]

Some troll posts have been removed

[mikebell]

Accepted that the German should have heeded advice, but why was the elephant roaming a public highway with no restraints/handler?

[JamJar]

Some seriously unpleasant people on this forum. A nearly seventy year old man is seriously injured, but moronic comments ensue.

 

 

[mike787]

Welcome to Thailand everyone.  Avoid ladyboyz, roads, angry thais, road rage, and elephants...and if you can play the immigration game, should minimize a lot of unnecessary BS....good luck....

[bendejo]

Brings to mind silly old elephant from jokes from childhood.

 

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants charging?

"Here come the grapes."

He had poor vision and couldn't get glasses in the jungle.

 

 

[sotonowl]

9 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

They have been involved with humans for over a thousand years. 

Oh, that's OK then, did anyone think to ask the Elephants permission?

[Damrongsak]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

Brings to mind silly old elephant from jokes from childhood.

 

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants charging?

"Here come the grapes."

He had poor vision and couldn't get glasses in the jungle.

 

 

What's the dark red stuff under an elephant's toenails?  Slow natives.

[RichardColeman]

Could have been worse, the elephant could have tried mating with him,

[bendejo]

Good thing he wasn't wearing a bikini

 

 

 

[Nyezhov]

10 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Good thing he wasn't wearing a bikini

 

 

 

Like the old dudes in Hua Hin?

 

Elephants shouldn't be in shows.

 

Hope the guy recovers.

[wisperone]

Me thinks the elephant didn't take a liking to being a performance animal.

Hope the guy is ok.