Elephant rips handler in half after heat ‘drives it crazy’
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An elephant tore its handler in half at a rubber plantation in Thailand – and police say the heat made it “go crazy”. Livestock officers were called to the scene and shot the elephant with a sedative dart from 500 metres away so that rescue workers could retrieve Supachai’s body, reports Thaiger. Officers said the hot weather may have made the elephant “go crazy” and subsequently attack and kill Mr Wongfaed, the son of the former mayor of the Khok Charoen subdistrict.
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