Elephant's tusks cut after fatal tourist attack

MONDAY, MAY 27, 2013
Elephant's tusks cut after fatal tourist attack

Tusks of a 27-year-old elephant in the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal have been cut after the beast attacked tourists on Saturday, killing a woman.

The elephant palace owner Laithongrian Meephan said he would fully support the attacked tourists and warned visitors to refrain from getting close to elephants without a mahout’s supervision or at night.

A rite to trim Plai Ngam’s onemetrelong tusks by 20cm was held Monday after the beast, on the evening of May 25, attacked a Saraburi couple, killing the wife and injuring the husband’s leg.
The Nation