Elephant gores handler to death at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park


ĶOTA KINABALU: A Borneo Pygmy elephant gored its handler to death at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park near here on Christmas morning.

Joe Fred Lansou, 49, who was apparently handling the jumbo alone in the enclosure when it tusked him at least three times in the abdomen at about 8am on Sunday.

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Pygmy elephant , Gored , Killed , Handler , Sabah

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