Elephant kills 2 women from the United Kingdom and New Zealand in Zambia National Park

Two major females in Zambia were murdered by an elephant on Thursday, while in a safari on foot in a national park, police said, a year after two American women were killed in separated elephant attacks in the country.

The Police Commissioner of the Eastern Province, Robertson Mweemba, said the victims, Easton Janet Taylor, 68, from the United Kingdom and Alison Jean Taylor, 67, New Zealand, were attacked by an elephant that was with a calf.

The Safari guides that were with the group tried to prevent the elephant from loading against women shooting, police said. The elephant was beaten and injured by the shots. The guides could not avoid the attack of the elephant and both women died in the place, police said.

It happened in the National Park of Southern Luangwa in eastern Zambia, about 370 miles from the capital, Portuguek.

Female elephants are very protective with their calves and can respond aggressively to what they perceive as threats.

Last year, Two American tourists were killed – Juliana Gle Tourneau from New Mexico and Gail Mattson from Minnesota – in Separate encounters with elephants in different parts of Zambia. In both cases, tourists were also older women and were in a safari vehicle when they were attacked.

There have been attacks of mortal elephants in other parts of the world in recent months.

In April, officials in Kenya A 54 -year -old said was killed by an elephant in the central part of the country.

In January, a tourist was delicate For an elephant in the famous Kuger Park in South Africa.

That same month, the police in Thailand said that an elephant “affected by panic” killed a Spanish tourist While she was bathing the animal in a sanctuary. The previous month, an elephant killed a 49 -year -old woman in a national park in the province of Loei in northern Thailand.

Last July, a The Spanish tourist was trampled until death By elephants after leaving her fiancee in the car to take photos in a different hunting reserve in South Africa.

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