Elephant kills handler in Tennessee sanctuary
"A 36-year-old woman whose love for pachyderms led her from her native Maine to rural Lewis County, Tenn., was attacked and killed Friday morning at a preserve for aging elephants, authorities said.
Also, a man who handles the 22 Asian and African elephants at The Elephant Sanctuary was injured and hospitalized late Friday at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn.
The aggressor was Winkie, a 40-year-old female Asian elephant who has been at the sanctuary for six years and who has a history of attacking humans who worked with her.
Also, a man who handles the 22 Asian and African elephants at The Elephant Sanctuary was injured and hospitalized late Friday at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn.
The aggressor was Winkie, a 40-year-old female Asian elephant who has been at the sanctuary for six years and who has a history of attacking humans who worked with her.
It is unclear what will happen to the elephant now."
Let's hope nothing "happens" to Winkie. According to a spokesman for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Winkie has an eye injury on the same side of her head where the the woman was standing when the attack began.
This is Winkie, from The Elephant Sanctuary web site.
This from Monday July 17, 2006 at The Blue Book.
1 comment:
brings new meaning to your Uh-Oh! moment...
-J-
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