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Bull elephant 'may have been spooked to death' by killing of heron at Phang Nga tourist attraction


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Bull elephant 'may have been spooked to death' by killing of heron at Phang Nga tourist attraction

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PHANG NGA: A livestock official speculates that a captive bull elephant found dead this morning at a popular tourist attraction in Phang Nga’s Song Praek sub-district may have slipped and fallen to his death after being spooked by the shooting-down of a heron, whose carcass was also found nearby.

Images and news of the dead elephant and heron were revealed this afternoon (May 7) by a member of Chalong Municipality, who said that the elephant was found dead this morning with a chain still attached to his leg, while a dead heron with gunshot wound on its wing was found nearby.
The bull elephant was thought to have bled to death after falling 15 meters down a thick jungle slope sometime last night, apparently smashing his head on a boulder and bleeding to death.
Mr Thanawat Pansanit, an official at the Phang Nga Livestock Office confirmed that he was aware of the incident.
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-- Phuket News 2016-05-08

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