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Elephant Tramples Tourist to Death

By WASBIR HUSSAIN
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GAUHATI, India (April 7) — A wild elephant trampled to death a 60-year-old Dutch tourist who was on a safari at a national park in northeastern India on Tuesday.
The victim was part of a group looking for birds and rare monkeys in Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern state of Assam when they saw a wild male elephant, said S.N. Buragohain, the park director.
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Eight other tourists ran for safety but the Dutch man, identified as Robert Goldbach, tripped and was trampled to death, said Buragohain.
The group was accompanied by a guide and armed guards from the park, which is famous for its rare one-horned rhinoceroses, said Buragohain.
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"The guards opened fire at the (elephant) from their rifles but could not avert the tragedy," he said.
It wasn't immediately clear if the elephant was wounded, Buragohain said.
Human-animal conflicts are rare but not unprecedented in India's national parks. In 1999, an elephant trampled an American tourist to death while she was on a safari to see rhinos.
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2009-04-07 10:05:14

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Ctcatie7

05:44 AMApr 09 2009

i would have been doing the tipise trevie around that big old tree trunk......ha ha ha.

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Ctcatie7

05:37 AMApr 09 2009

i would have been like a little mouse.geting away from this big Dam. S. O. B. he would have stomp a mud hole.in my Ass, thats for shure...ha ha ha

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JezLuvzWill

06:23 PMApr 08 2009

if somone invades YOUR home, what woyld YOU do??

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Mdshughey

04:43 PMApr 08 2009

Cowellsales 12:54 PMApr 08 2009 homo sapiens are a failed evolutionary experiment. we all know it and are just waiting around for our species to go extinct. no other species ever eveolved has ever been as stupid and self destructive are we. i predict in 10,000 years there won't be a human on the planet. good ridance.START WITH YOURSELF SUCKER FOOL NEED HELP CALL ME!!!

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Mdshughey

04:38 PMApr 08 2009

OreosNketchup 02:55 PMApr 08 2009 Why in the world??? my first thought, 2nd, 3rd and 4th too, why in the world kill the elephant???? it reminds me of the Indians here in America, being killed on their own land. don't know how to spell it, but, it's barbaricYeah we should of left the Indians alone so HITLER AND TOJO could of enslaved them YOUR AN IDIOT DON"T VOTE SUCKER FOOL

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KSMD112

03:19 PMApr 08 2009

OOOOOPS!

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OreosNketchup

02:55 PMApr 08 2009

Why in the world??? my first thought, 2nd, 3rd and 4th too, why in the world kill the elephant???? it reminds me of the Indians here in America, being killed on their own land. don't know how to spell it, but, it's barbaric!

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Jhnl675

02:00 PMApr 08 2009

When a group of IDIOTS decide to take it upon themselves to invade a wild animals space things like this are bound to happen!!! The elephant felt threatened and did what was natural. The so called HUMANS are all to blame for this occurence and no one else.

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Brewstie2

12:56 PMApr 08 2009

**bulgeinmyplants** VERY FUNNY What's a portion size??? STOP eating like fat elephants and making us pay for your fatness

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Cowellsales

12:54 PMApr 08 2009

homo sapiens are a failed evolutionary experiment. we all know it and are just waiting around for our species to go extinct. no other species ever eveolved has ever been as stupid and self destructive are we. i predict in 10,000 years there won't be a human on the planet. good ridance.

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A wild elephant trampled to death a 60-year-old Dutch tourist who was on a safari at a national park in northeastern India on Tuesday.