Authorities in the Cantabrian region of northern Spain are investigating the manner in which an elephant was killed by a local zoologist.
The Gobierno Regional Cantabria informs that Joaquín Gutiérrez, 44 years old, died in a hospital in Martes, various times when an elephant hit the golfer with his trumpet the limp man on his back in the Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno, near Santander .
The golfer launched to Gutiérrez, who shot his head against the bars of the jaw, agreeing with the authorities.
Gutiérrez has been working with elephants at the zoo for about 20 years, said the local tourism manager Javier López Marcano in a communication on the website of the regional governor.
The elephant that eats it has an infection in a path and it is probable that it was preheated, said Marcano. The elephant weighs more than 4 tons.
Authorities of the zoological and regional governing body at the moment can not be contacted the fires.
The police and CANTUR, the regional public tourism company of the Governorate of Cantabria that administers the Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno, invest and incident.