In Cambodia, Elephant killed after bringing down an electricity tower

A wild elephant has died in Sihanouk province after getting electric shocks at a power grid tower. The adult male had been rubbing up against the tower in Kampong Seila district. The pylon then collapsed and the elephant trampled it, receiving a fatal shock.
 

Kong Kim Sreng, a director of conservation at the Environment Ministry, said: “We regret to confirm the death of an elephant on Tuesday night.   “A post mortem report showed the elephant was shocked twice. Once before the tower fell and again when it trampled the wires.
 

“It had burn marks on its head and back legs.” He said the elephant came from a forest herd of up to six elephants that had come to rub their bodies against the high-voltage tower. The herd lives near the Stung Chral stream in Kirirom National Park.

read more http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36793/elephant-killed-after-bringing-down-an-electricity-tower/

 

-- © Copyright Khmer Times 23/03