Tourist Killed While Bathing Elephant at Thailand Sanctuary

A Spanish tourist is dead following an incident involving an elephant at an animal sanctuary in Thailand.

According to translated reports from Spanish newspapers El Mundo and El Pais, via the Daily Mail, 22-year-old student Blanca Ojanguren García had been bathing the elephant at Koh Yao Elephant Care on Friday, Jan. 3, when the animal struck her with its trunk. Previous reports claimed that she had been gored, but were later clarified by the Spanish news agency EFE.

García was rushed...