Elephant electrocuted in Thailand while begging for food; 15-year-old owner arrested

SAMUT PRAKAN - An elephant was electrocuted while being led by its owner to beg on a street in the Samut Prakan province after it accidentally fell into a road drain and broke a restaurant sign's power cable.

The Bang Phli police were alerted at 9.50pm that an elephant had been shocked unconscious on Thepharak road in front of Wat Bang Phli Yai in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district.

Rescuers from the foundation arrived at the scene first and used a crane to lift the elephant from the drain.

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