Elephant gores mahout to death
An elephant in South India killed its handler before being tranqulised in the early hours of today.
An elephant trampled and gored a mahout Krishnankutty to death after a bystander provoked and hurt the elephant and turned violent at Athanikkal near Thritala, Kerala, south India. The elephant had not taken well to his provoker and took it out on the mahout instead.
The incident happened around 1 am on Wednesday 10th February 2016 when Krishanankutty and the elephant was resting at a field after participating in the “Thalappoli’” a Shiva temple festival. In couple of hours the elephant was tranqulised. Elephants are a national symbol and have been used in the temples for religious festivals. These elephants are tame until they are stressed and provoked and driving them crazy and went out of control.