However, this activity had taken a deadly turn for a young Spanish university student after she was gored by an elephant while bathing it, in the Koh Yao Elephant Care center on Friday (Jan 3).
According to sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Spain, quoted by El Pais, the consulate in Bangkok has reached out to García’s family to offer necessary assistance.
Following her untimely demise, the mayor of Valladolid Jesús Julio Carnero expressed his condolences.
For the past 12 years, there have been 240 fatalities mostly attributed to wild animals encroaching on human-inhabited areas due to the loss of their natural habitat.
Just last year, 39 individuals have died because of this reason.
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