Spanish Tourist Gored to Death While Bathing Elephant

Blanca Ojanguren García, a 22-year-old Spanish tourist, was fatally attacked by an elephant at Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in Thailand. While bathing the animal, it unexpectedly sank its tusk into her, causing fatal injuries. Experts attribute the elephant's stress to unnatural interactions with tourists outside its ecosystem. Thailand has over 4,000 domesticated elephants, often used in tourism, facing isolation and harsh training. García, a law student from Spain studying abroad in Taiwan, visited the sanctuary with her boyfriend. The incident raises ongoing concerns about ethical elephant tourism.

The "gored" story was later retracted by Spanish news agency EFE.

 

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Both local Thai police and the sanctuary itself have confirmed the details of the accident, prompting the sanctuary's temporary closure. Initial reports erroneously mentioned that Garcia had been gored, but this was rectified by Spanish news agency EFE, clarifying the nature of what transpired.