Wild Elephant Spears WWF Vet with Tusk

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » 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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Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:54 pm

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

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:52 pm

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.

Darkcel · Post by **Darkcel** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 10:17 pm

Maybe don't put cameras on elephants, trail cams will do the trick for now on

Random Dude · Post by **Random Dude** » Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:42 am

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.