A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish woman while she was bathing the animal at an elephant centre in Thailand, local police said. Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, was washing the elephant at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre last Friday when she was gored to death by the animal.

A Spanish tourist tragically lost her life in Thailand, putting the focus on the treatment of elephants that are held in captivity in the country.

Spanish tourist Blanca Ojanguren García was killed by an elephant while bathing the animal alongside her boyfriend and 17 other people at Koh Yao Elephant Care in Thailand on Jan. 3, according to multiple outlets.

Most elephants living in captivity in Thailand are subjected to inhumane conditions. A Spanish tourist is dead following an incident involving an elephant at an animal sanctuary in Thailand.

The Koh Yao Elephant Care centre, where the incident happened, says it is committed to "providing responsible and ethical interactions with elephants".

Bathing elephants is a popular activity among tourists in Thailand, but activists have criticised it as unethical A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish woman while she was bathing the animal at an elephant centre in Thailand,

A 22-year-old Spanish tourist was gored to death while visiting an elephant park in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren García, a university student who was on the island of Yao Yai, was bathing the elephant with her boyfriend at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre when the animal - most likely stressed or panicked,