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Mahout charged after elephant gores tourist to death
BBC ^ | 01/07/2025 | Koh Ewe

Posted on 01/07/2025 9:42:26 PM PST by BenLurkin

The tourist - 22-year-old Blanca Ojanguren García - was bathing the elephant at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in southern Thailand when she was attacked by the animal.

This has renewed concerns over Thailand's booming elephant tourism industry, which animal rights groups have long criticised as unethical and dangerous.

Activists say that elephant bathing is disruptive to natural grooming behaviours and could injure the animals, exposing them to unnecessary stress.

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García sustained a head injury - and later died in the hospital - after the elephant, 45-year-old female Phang Somboon, pushed her with its tusk. Her boyfriend, who was travelling with her, witnessed the attack

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: dontpetthebison; elephant; elephantbathing; gores; mahout; thailand; tourist

1 posted on 01/07/2025 9:42:26 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper.


2 posted on 01/07/2025 9:45:27 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: BenLurkin
This has renewed concerns over Thailand's booming elephant tourism industry, which animal rights groups have long criticised as unethical and dangerous.

The once endangered Thai elephant is now thriving, partly due to Thailand's elephant tourism industry.

But it doesn't matter what humans do, animal activists will criticize all human activity.

3 posted on 01/07/2025 9:50:45 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: BenLurkin

“Don’t pet the bison”

Her boyfriend should have known that aphorism.


4 posted on 01/07/2025 9:56:13 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: BenLurkin

And I thought bathing cats was dangerous!


5 posted on 01/07/2025 10:35:22 PM PST by Greg123456
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To: Flaming Conservative

how did you know I had NO CLUE!! :)

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6 posted on 01/07/2025 10:36:40 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Greg123456

It’s all the licking and hairballs that make me not want to bath cats.


7 posted on 01/08/2025 1:34:09 AM PST by Waverunner
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

“The once endangered Thai elephant is now thriving, partly due to Thailand’s elephant tourism industry.”

I was there in the ‘60s for a few years, there were elephants everywhere but most of them were in Chains and harvesting teak.


8 posted on 01/08/2025 2:10:20 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: BenLurkin

Caught ‘em flat footed.


9 posted on 01/08/2025 2:53:00 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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To: kiryandil

City people who have never handled large animals.

Have been taught that all critters are fuzzy furry forests’ creatures.

That will never harm you.


10 posted on 01/08/2025 3:25:22 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: Flaming Conservative; Chode; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...
A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper.

I saw somewhere that mahout is an Elephant Waxer that uses Turtle Wax to get that high luster shine.

Koh Ewe

mahout

Koh Yao

Phang Somboon

I'm thinking that they're all friends of the KAL Flight Crew Sun Ting Wong, Wii Tue Lo and Ho Lee Fook.

11 posted on 01/08/2025 3:33:05 AM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Flaming Conservative
So someone responsible for another living animal is charged when that living animal hurts someone? 🤔🤔🤔.

Couldn’t that thought process be applicable to those supporting illegals and homelessness in their communities when an illegal or homeless person harms another?

12 posted on 01/08/2025 4:42:54 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: kiryandil; BenLurkin
"...“Don’t pet the bison..."


13 posted on 01/08/2025 5:16:48 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: BenLurkin

Click bait title - are we making up stuff now? Victim wasn’t gored, and BBC title to article is: “Mahout charged after elephant kills tourist in Thailand”


14 posted on 01/08/2025 5:40:02 AM PST by Ranxerox
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To: rlmorel

That poor kid.

She had quite an experience and nailed the landing but her lousy parents ran for their sorry lives and left her to be targeted by the bison.


15 posted on 01/08/2025 5:54:13 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Waverunner
It’s all the licking and hairballs that make me not want to bath cats.

Well, you wouldn't get hairballs if you didn't lick them.

16 posted on 01/08/2025 7:10:02 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: dp0622

I looked it up because it made no sense as it was.


17 posted on 01/08/2025 9:01:58 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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