BANGKOK - A 20-year-old elephant in Thailand died after tourists fed it with bananas that had been treated with ethylene gas, reported The Thaiger news outlet. The male elephant at the Kaebai Meechai Elephant Camp in Koh Chang, an island in the Gulf of Thailand, fell sick...
BANGKOK - A 20-year-old elephant in Thailand died after tourists fed it with bananas that had been treated with ethylene gas, reported The Thaiger news outlet.
The elephant’s mahout Chaisawan “Nueng” Phisin said the culprit was bananas that had been treated with ethylene gas. They were likely bought from markets.
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