Elephant Kills Spanish Tourist in EthiopiaJuly 24, 2017 - A Spanish tourist, who was visiting Ethiopia’s Chebera-Churchura Nature Park, died after being trampled and gored by an elephant in Chebera-Churchura Nature Park, located in Southern part of Ethiopia. Ethiopian witnesses said the man did not follow the instructions and approached the elephant despite the danger. On 1 February last year, a similar case was reported after a British tourist was killed in front of his 16-year-old daughter by an elephant in Thailand. Three months later, in May, a 24-year-old veterinarian was killed in Indonesia after being trampled by a critically endangered Sumatran elephant while taking photographs of it. It is believed it was one of two elephants also being used for tourist treks, which animal rights groups argue is both "painful and unnatural" for the creature.

Source: Ethiopian News July 24, 2017 09:22 UTC