{"id":63501,"date":"2026-02-04T04:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:44:09","slug":"elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand&#8217;s Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal.<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old Thai tourist from Lopburi province was out for a morning walk with his wife when he was trampled to death by an elephant named Oyewan, national park chief Chaiya Huayhongthong told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>His wife managed to escape after park rangers scared the animal away, Chaiya said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was the third person killed by Oyewan,&#8221; he said, adding that the wild bull elephant could have been responsible for several more deaths that remain unsolved.<\/p>\n<p>Chaiya said authorities will meet on Friday to decide what to do with the elephant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will probably decide to relocate him or change his behavior,&#8221; he said, without elaborating.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/620x413\/99124e3c47556423bafcc5172a2572a2\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg#\" alt=\"Places To Visit - Thailand \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/620x413\/99124e3c47556423bafcc5172a2572a2\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/b5c03d207afbe443087770cf783c2d4b\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A boy washes an elephant near the Khao Yai national park on March 19, 2017, in Pak Chong, Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Isa Foltin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 220 people, including tourists, have been killed by wild elephants since 2012, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Wild elephant numbers in Thailand rose from 334 in 2015 to almost 800 last year, prompting authorities to administer contraceptive vaccines to female animals in an effort to control their ballooning population.<\/p>\n<p>An <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tourist-killed-elephant-bathing-thailand-sanctuary\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">elephant killed a Spanish tourist<\/a><\/span> while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand in January last year.<\/p>\n<p>Another tourist was killed by an elephant at a national park in Loei province in northern Thailand in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>There have been deadly elephant attacks in other parts of the world recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, officials in India said a rampaging wild elephant was blamed for <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elephant-kills-20-people-india-officials\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killing at least 20 people<\/a><\/span> and injuring 15 others in the forests of Jharkhand.<\/p>\n<p>Last July, two women from the U.K. and New Zealand were\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elephant-kills-women-tourists-zambia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed by an elephant<\/a><\/span>\u00a0while on a walking safari in Zambia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In April 2025, officials in\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lion-kills-girl-elephant-kills-man-kenya\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kenya<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said a 54-year-old man was killed by an elephant in the central part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>In January last year, a tourist was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elephant-kills-tourist-south-africa-kruger-park\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by an elephant in South Africa&#8217;s famous Kruger Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elephant-kills-tourist-thailand-third-fatality-same-animal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand&#8217;s Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[743,687],"class_list":["post-63501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-elephant","tag-thailand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The victim&amp;#039;s wife managed to escape after park rangers scared the animal away, officials said.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The victim&amp;#039;s wife managed to escape after park rangers scared the animal away, officials said.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/\"},\"wordCount\":376,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Elephant\",\"Thailand\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/\",\"name\":\"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"The victim&amp;#039;s wife managed to escape after park rangers scared the animal away, officials said.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal - World News","description":"The victim&amp;#039;s wife managed to escape after park rangers scared the animal away, officials said.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal - World News","og_description":"The victim&amp;#039;s wife managed to escape after park rangers scared the animal away, officials said.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal","datePublished":"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/"},"wordCount":376,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Elephant","Thailand"],"articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/","name":"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-04T04:44:09+00:00","description":"The victim&amp;#039;s wife managed to escape after park rangers scared the animal away, officials said.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elephant-kills-tourist-at-national-park-in-thailand-third-fatality-linked-to-the-same-animal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand&#8217;s Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said,","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["World"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":21,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/02\/3b98fc8b-17e1-4c0a-8089-e2b7bf115587\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4fc5ffe4517fc9995b9b4087b14b8eab\/gettyimages-655943058.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-35\">World<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}