An elephant used his tusks to rip a man in half last week after the man forced him to carry wood in extreme heat.

Elephant rips man in half after being made to work in extreme heat
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Pom Pam, a 20-year-old male elephant, had left the body of 32-year-old Supachai Wongfaed mangled in a pool of blood in southern Thailand when police arrived on the scene of the incident, according to reports.

Pom Pam had been made to work arduously on a rubber plantation in the province of Phang Nga despite the extreme heat, the report noted.

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He had been hauling wood all morning the day of the incident, authorities said following an initial investigation.

Pom Pam then turned on Wongfaed, his handler, and tore into him with his tusks multiple times, ripping his body in half, the report noted.

The heat may have made Pom Pam "go crazy," police said.

The elephant had to be sedated with a dart from more than 1,600 feet away so Wongfaed's corpse could be retrieved.

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The use of Asian elephants for carrying logs was apparently banned in Thailand in 1989, but the practice remains in some areas of the country, according to the report.

 

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