Woman kicked by elephant while posing for a photo
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A 59-year-old woman was kicked by a four-year-old female elephant while she was feeding it and posing for a photo in Buri Ram’s Muang District yesterday. Police found the woman, Wasana Wangpreecha, lying on the ground and groaning in pain.
She said she had fed the elephant a banana and asked its owner if she could take a photo with it when the animal kicked her in front of many witnesses.
The elephant’s owner, Manop Noithanom, claimed the woman had stood too close to the elephant while taking the photo, provoking the animal.
Police charged Manop for letting the animal cause harm to persons or property – punishable by up to one month in jail and/or a Bt1,000 in fine – and for leading it to obstruct traffic on a highway.
