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

Darawan Naknakhon

Photo Credit: Mr Supawatkan Khunlak

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.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/bull-elephant-may-have-been-spooked-to-death-by-killing-of-heron-at-phang-nga-tourist-attraction-57339.php

-- Phuket News 2016-05-08

[Srikcir]

Is it heron open season already?

[gandalf12]

Surely they mean spooked by the gun shot.

[Lupatria]

Send the photo to the TAT so they wouldn't have to use photoshop anymore to promote Phang Nga's tourist attractions.

[callaway]

A hell of a lot of amulets hanging off the front of that elephant (tusk). Just need to be shaped.

[Henry The Bull]

Poor elefant, wrong time wrong place, very sad.

[Katipo]

Close all these tourist tragedies down already