Angry Pet Shreds Owner To Pieces

An angry elephant used his tusk to rip his owner in half in the Thai province of Phang Nga after being forced to work under extremely hot weather conditions.

Officers from Takua Thung Police Station responded to a call about the elephant owner’s death at around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the Tha Yu subdistrict.

Upon arrival, authorities were informed that 32-year-old Supachai Wongfaed had been ripped apart by Pom Pam, his 20-year-old male elephant.

Rescue workers, officers, and the village chief went to the gruesome scene where they found Wongfaed’s corpse split in half in a pool of blood with Pom Pam standing over it.

Phang Nga Provincial Livestock officers were called to sedate the animal so rescue workers could retrieve Wongfaed’s body.

During their preliminary investigation, Takua Thung Police officers learned that Pom Pam had been forced to carry wood in the rubber plantation prior to the attack. The officers suggested that the hot weather caused the elephant to “go crazy” and attack its owner.

Although the practice of using elephants to carry wood through forested areas was banned by Thailand’s government in 1989, the practice still occurs in some areas around the country.

Elephants are typically seen as good-natured animals, but they can potentially hurt humans if they feel unsafe or distressed. One elephant made headlines in June for killing a 70-year-old woman and then crashing her funeral to trample on her corpse.