Wild Elephant Spears WWF Vet with Tusk
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Wild Elephant Spears WWF Vet with Tusk
Cambodia News (Mondulkiri): On 31 March 2023, Colonel Yam Hun Eng, Police Inspector of Koh Nhek District, said that at 8:15 am, a wild elephant attacked a 30-year-old Malaysian man, Ropan, a veterinarian working for WWF (Elephant Division).
He was about to shoot an anesthetic into the elephant in order to mount a camera on its neck, when he was hit by the elephant from behind and pierced by a tusk through his back into the chest area.
The victim was first transported by the WWF team to the Mondulkiri Provincial Referral Hospital, where he was evacuated by helicopter ambulance to a hospital in Phnom Penh.
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Re: Wild Elephant Spears WWF Vet with Tusk
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:14 pm
Cambodia News (Mondulkiri): On 31 March 2023, Colonel Yam Hun Eng, Police Inspector of Koh Nhek District, said that at 8:15 am, a wild elephant attacked a 30-year-old Malaysian man, Ropan, a veterinarian working for WWF (Elephant Division).
He was about to shoot an anesthetic into the elephant in order to mount a camera on its neck, when he was hit by the elephant from behind and pierced by a tusk through his back into the chest area.
The victim was first transported by the WWF team to the Mondulkiri Provincial Referral Hospital, where he was evacuated by helicopter ambulance to a hospital in Phnom Penh.
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Ouchie!
Hopefully he recovers
Elephants are dangerous beasts to smaller creatures
Re: Wild Elephant Spears WWF Vet with Tusk
Where can we sign up for that posh helicopter evacuation service? I might be interested when I go hiking in Mondulkiri, I doubt the road trip to Phnom Penh by ambulance is survivable.
Re: Wild Elephant Spears WWF Vet with Tusk
Maybe don't put cameras on elephants, trail cams will do the trick for now on
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Re: Wild Elephant Spears WWF Vet with Tusk
The elephant has probably seen that tranquilizer gun before and remembers how the last time he got shot with it he woke up with his balls gone and an irritating tag in his ear.
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