A bizarre incident was reported in Thailand where a tired and overworked elephant charged at his handler and tore him apart with his tusks. The locals found the body of the handler in a pool of blood and were able to retrieve it after livestock officers shot the elephant with a sedative dart.
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An elephant in Thailand brutally murdered his 32-year-old handler in half after it was given a heavy workload in extreme heat.
According to the authorities, the elephant named Pom Pam was frustrated over the work of transporting rubberwood at a plantation in Phang Nga province in soaring temperatures.
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Tired and overworked, the 20-year-old beast stabbed his handler Supachai Wongfaed with his tusks before tearing him apart.
According to reports, local police, the village chief, and rescue workers found Wongfaed - the son of the former mayor of the Khok Charoen subdistrict - ripped in two lying in a pool of blood.
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The locals found his found and retrieved it after livestock officers shot the elephant with a sedative dart, reports Thaiger.
Deaths caused by elephants in Thailand are not uncommon, and according to reports, at least 20 people were killed this way in 2020.
The wild animals are usually gentle-natured but they can become violent and aggressive if they feel threatened or harassed.
Back in June, another disturbing incident was reported where a woman was attacked by an enraged elephant both when she was alive and at her funeral too.
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According to The Times of India, 68-year-old Maya Murmu was fetching water when she was attacked by an angry elephant who strayed from the nearby Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in India's Mayurbhanj district in Odisha on June 9.
When Murmu tried to flee, one of the elephants trampled her. She was shifted to the hospital but passed away.
When Murmu's body returned to her family, her last rites were being performed by her family, however, the animal returned to trample her body.
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"Her family kept the body outside the house for the funeral [and this was when] the animal again came and attacked her," Inspector Lopamudra Nayak of Rasgovindpur police station told The National.
Other members of the elephant's herd answered the call, with the group of them then attacking the village and destroying Murmu's house.
Murmu's last rites were eventually performed a few hours later after family members were sure that the elephants had left.
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According to the World Wildlife Fund, approximately 100 people in India are killed each year by elephants, although the number could be as high as 300.
The National reports that the Indian state of Odisha has suffered the most deaths, with nearly 600 people killed by elephants between 2014-2021.
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