Elephant tramples zookeeper to death in Japan
16 Oct 2012
Inthavong Khamphone, who was from Laos, had watched the elephants overnight with other keepers at Fuji Safari Park after the mother gave birth on Sunday, police said.
"Khamphone entered the cage with another keeper because the mother started attacking the baby," a local police officer said. "The mother then started attacking Khamphone."
The 30-year-old was an elephant specialist who had been working with the creatures for around 15 years. He had come to Japan from Laos with the mother elephant in July last year...more...