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.

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

Blanca Ojanguren García, 23, was bathing the animal at a care centre in Koh Yao district when the elephant gored her with its tusk.

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.

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,

Experts believe the elephant could have lashed out after becoming stressed by the pressure of living and interacting with tourists outside its ecosystem, the newspaper Clarin repo