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A ZOO WORKER in Spain has died after he was struck by an elephant’s trunk, knocking his head against the bars of an enclosure, the zoo and local officials have said.
The female elephant, which weighs around 4,000 kg whacked the 44-year-old with her trunk on Wednesday morning at the Cabarceno Natural Park near the northern city of Santander, the zoo said in a statement.
The 44-year-old man was rushed to hospital where he died from his injuries some three hours later, it added.
At the time staffers were cleaning the elephant stables as part of their daily duties and the elephant was with her calf in the compound.
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