Another sad new: Two wild elephants found dead in Vientiane

Two wild elephants were found dead in Pakngum district, Vientiane recently, and it is thought they hit by lightning during a storm on Friday night.

The Vientiane Times covered a story at the end of last month about three wild elephants roaming the area. The two dead elephants are thought to be from the same trio with one elephant thought to be still alive.

A district official said they found the bodies in the district office area near Namngum bank. A large tree in the area had been split in half after being hit by lightning, and it is suspected a lightning strike was also the cause of the elephants' death.

An official investigating the deaths said he believed that the two dead elephants were standing in the water when the lightning struck, and were electrocuted as the lightning spread through the water. The surviving elephant was thought to be taking shelter further down near the bank when the lightning struck.

The officials have already buried the bodies of the dead elephants, close to where they were killed.



By Times Reporters

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