Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, a 22-year-old Spanish tourist, died after being gored by an elephant she was bathing at the Koh Yao Elephant Care & House sanctuary in Thailand. Experts suggest the elephant may have been stressed by tourist interaction outside its natural ecosystem.
Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, 22, was on a university exchange programme in Taiwan as part of the fifth year of a Law and International Relations Degree at the University of Navarra A Spanish tourist has died after being attacked by an elephant she was bathing in Thailand . Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, 22, was washing the animal at the Koh Yao Elephant Care & House, a sactuary popular with British holidaymakers, when it gored her with its tusk.
’ Ko Yao Yai where the incident happened is a Thai island in the Andaman Sea, halfway between Phuket and Krabi. It is famed for its sandy shores, mangroves, rubber plantations and fishing villages. In July, a Spanish tourist died after being attacked by an elephant he was taking a picture of during a South African safari holiday with his fiancee.
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