Six Elephants Die After Calf Gets Stuck in Raging Waters in Thailand | The Weather Channel – Articles from The Weather Channel

“The baby fell and the other five were trying to help, but they fell into the waterfall, too,” Khao Yai National Park director Kanchit Srinoppawan told the New York Times.

The 1,300-mile square park is located in central Thailand and is home to about 170 wild elephants. The dead elephants were discovered near a waterfall called Haew Narok, or Hell’s Abyss.

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Park rangers were called to the scene after other distraught elephants…