A tourist has died in front of his wife after being trampled and gored by an elephant at a nature reserve in southern Ethiopia, authorities have confirmed. The newspaper reported that witnesses said the man did not follow the instructions and approached the elephant despite the danger. The elephant reportedly ran into a nearby forest area after the tour guides fired off a round from a gun. 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.

Source: Ethiopian News July 23, 2017 15:11 UTC