>>57839308In fact elephants have the highest number of deaths of zookeepers, they receive an additional annual bonus for the dangers of their work, in the feeding area there are two physical barriers and painted safety marks that delimit the reach of the trunk, generally a physically and mentally healthy elephant avoids attacking humans, but there are countless factors that can trigger an attack and these can kill you in many ways, with a blow of the trunk, kicking, crushing with its head, there is even a reported case where an elephant crushed a person against the wall, just as a game (the young elephant liked to have its side scratched, but did not measure its strength), obviously the person died immediately.
One of the biggest problems is that zookeepers forget how big and strong these animals are and think they can control them like little dogs, so they start making mistakes, like this: never turn your back on a wild animal, never lose sight of your safety distance, and always have an escape route.
