A mother elephant from Surin province, led by its owners to beg along a road, became agitated, charging ahead and trampling her owner, resulting in the mahout’s death in a pool of blood.
Upon receiving the report, local police officers from Kao Liew Police Station were promptly dispatched to investigate the scene, along with emergency medical personnel and rescue teams. The lifeless body of the woman, identified as 35 year old Janthira Chuenlam, was lying on the ground, while the mother elephant and her calf were found tethered to a tree by the roadside.
According to an eyewitness, 18 year old Nattaphak Piluek, the deceased along with her husband and approximately six others, were accompanying the elephants to sell elephant food within the village.
Initially, everything appeared normal but as they offered money to the elephants, the situation suddenly…
