Blanca Ojanguren García, a 22-year-old law and international relations student, died in a tragic accident during an elephant bathing activity in Thailand. The tragedy occurred at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre.

She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

In 2017, an elephant camp owner and a mahout were charged with recklessness causing death and injuries after an elephant killed a Chinese tour guide and injured two tourists in the Thai beach town, Pattaya. In 2013, a 27-year-old elephant had its tusks cut after it attacked and killed a woman.