Only hours before she died, Helen Schofield, owner and director of Franklin Zoo and Wildlife Sanctuary in Tuakau, 30 miles (48km) south of Auckland, stood in front of the elephant's enclosure and described the animal's troubled state to a group of about 50 visitors, Fairfax Media reported.
Date: Apr 25, 2012
Category: World
Source: Google
'Panic-attack' elephant crushes zoo owner to death in trunk
Helen Schofield, the owner and director of Franklin Zoo, 56 kilometres south of Auckland, was caring for 3.1-tonne Mila, formerly a circus elephant known as Jumbo, when tragedy struck.Emergency services were called to the zoo at about 4.30pm yesterday after receiving reports that Ms Schofield had be
In an article posted on the zoo website in 2010, sanctuary director and veterinary surgeon Helen Schofield said Jumbo had settled in well and developed close and affectionate relationships with her team of keepers.