Elephant kills its keeper in Shanghai safari park (Xinhua) Updated: 2006-06-09 09:58
A 46-year-old animal keeper was killed accidentally by an elephant in a
safari park in Shanghai, east China, on Thursday, sources with the safari park
confirmed on Friday.
Li Guohua, the animal keeper, was suddenly thrown away by an Asian elephant
using its trunk when he was helping veterinarians to treat this ill elephant at
about 8:00 p.m. Thursday.
Li was thrown onto the guardrail in the safari park and died, an official in
charge of the Shanghai Safari Park told Xinhua.
The official said that the elephant was born in the Shanghai safari park in
1999 and has been taken care of by a group of keepers headed by Li ever since
then.
The elephant is about 3.2 meters tall and weighs about five tons.
Cause of the accident is being investigated.
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