Six elephants die trying to save each other at Thai waterfall

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Six elephants die trying to save each other at Thai waterfall

The incident began after a baby elephant fell from a Thai waterfall and others tried to rescue it.
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Six elephants have fallen to their deaths in Thailand while trying to save each other from a notorious waterfall.

Officials said the incident occurred after a baby elephant slipped over the waterfall in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park.

Two other elephants were also found struggling on a cliff edge nearby, and have been moved by Thai authorities.

The waterfall, known as Haew Narok (Hell's Fall), has a history of similar incidents.

A herd of eight elephants died after falling in 1992, in a case that brought national attention.

Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said officials were called to the scene on Saturday at 03:00 local time (20:00 GMT on Friday) when a group of elephants was blocking a road by the waterfall.
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Bryn

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You'd think after the previous 8 elephants fell down the same waterfall that they would install some sort of barrier.
 
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I read about this earlier. It's actually 11 elephants now. :(
 
Knyro

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Little sissy-boy Asian elephants pffft. They should klap gym like manly African elephants, then they would have been able to pull up the baby.

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They should probably put up a barrier around the falls, yeah it's interfering but we do it all the time.
 
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