FWD: No action against elephant which attacked rubber tapper

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Can anyone please explain the reasons for the killing other than being provoked?

 

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Sunday January 30, 2005

No action against elephant which attacked rubber tapper

By EMBUN MAJID

 

ALOR STAR: Pepsi, a six-year-old show elephant that gored a rubber tapper in

Pendang on Friday, has been “acquitted” of killing its victim.

 

Pendang OCPD Deputy Supt Mohd Sukri Awang said police had classified the case

as “sudden death” and found that no criminal action was involved.

 

The Kedah office of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan)

also said no action would be taken against the elephant and classified the case

as an accident.

 

DSP Mohd Sukri said a post-mortem revealed that Prawat Din Chu, 50, from

Kampung Padang Pusing, died due to severe injuries to his lungs.

 

The elephant was among a herd of five, aged between two and six, which were

brought to a Buddhist temple in the village for a show to mark the opening of

its new building.

 

Police investigations found that Prawat had teased Pepsi with sugarcane at the

Wat Padang Pusing before it rushed towards him.

 

A Kuala Lumpur-based company had brought the elephants from Thailand early last

year for live shows in the peninsula.

 

The animals were due to perform in several areas in Kedah until the end of

March but DSP Shukri said that the police had not issued a permit for an

elephant show at the wat.

 

Meanwhile, Perhilitan's state deputy director, Mey Rafedah Rosli, said the

elephants were chained to trees within an enclosure and this should have served

as a warning to the public not to get too close.

 

She said the company that brought in the elephants had valid travelling and

ownership documents.

 

A company spokesman said the elephants had a “contract” to perform in the

country until the end of this year.

 

She said the animals had been kept at the wat, about 35km from here, since Jan

22.

 

“We kept the elephants at the temple while we wait for a permit for our

performances in Kedah,” she said, adding that she gave a statement to the police

yesterday.

 

Prawat died on the way to the Alor Star Hospital on Friday after he was

attacked by Pepsi.

 

During the incident, five trainers were having lunch about 25m from the

elephants.

 

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