Elephant kills handler in Russian zoo
MOSCOW, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A nervous elephant at a Russian zoo killed its handler on Wednesday with a single blow of its trunk after lashing out while being moved onto a truck.
Elephant handlers at Moscow city zoo had been trying to load three African elephants onto a specially designed truck to transfer them to a zoo in Spain when the elephant killed the 40-year-old woman.
"It was a most unfortunate death of a dedicated zoo keeper who had worked with these animals for many years," a spokeswoman for the zoo said.
Moscow zoo had wanted to move the elephants because the city centre zoo was too cramped.
Elephant handlers at Moscow city zoo had been trying to load three African elephants onto a specially designed truck to transfer them to a zoo in Spain when the elephant killed the 40-year-old woman.
"It was a most unfortunate death of a dedicated zoo keeper who had worked with these animals for many years," a spokeswoman for the zoo said.
Moscow zoo had wanted to move the elephants because the city centre zoo was too cramped.
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