The waterfall in Khao Yai National Park in Thailand is known to be particularly steep and high - that's why it was named the "Abyss of Hell". But his ruggedness was now a herd of elephants fatal: Six elephants plummeted there and drowned, as the British "BBC" and the Thai newspaper "The Nation" reported.
Parkranger had discovered "The Nation" first about three years old elephant calf, which drowned in the waterfall had lain.
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Elephants in Thailand: Death in the "Abyss of Hell"Not far away, two adult, extremely exhausted looking elephants desperately tried to move forward in the pouring water, probably to save their young. In the subsequent search, the park supervisors found five other drowned elephants.
The section of the park has been closed to tourists, the park's animal and plant conservation chief Thanya Netithamkul told the newspaper. For the two exhausted elephants had been called a rescue team, according to the "BBC", they could now be brought to safety. The park's director, Khanchit Srinoppawan, told the BBC that the animals would continue to be watched.
According to The Nation, the waterfall is a tourist attraction, as wild elephants can often be seen here. But already often elephants and other animals fell to their deaths here. The park is located nearly 140 kilometers northeast of the capital Bangkok.
