MADRID
-- Authorities in southern Spain say an elephant has died and four
others are recovering from injuries after a circus truck tipped over on a
major highway, provoking an outcry among animal rights defenders. The
truck overturned on Monday on the highway linking Albacete with Murcia
after overtaking another long vehicle, said Albacete's Civil Guard
spokesman Jose Amado.
He said the movement of the five female elephants could have destabilized the truck.
The
driver wasn't injured, the spokesman said, but one of the elephants
died on the spot. The four surviving elephants - three of them with
minor cuts, and one with injured legs- are being treated by
veterinarians in a public facility before being moved to a clinic in
coming days.
A
person reacts next to elephants after a circus truck that was
transporting them crashed in Pozo Canada, southern Spain, April 2, 2018
in this image obtained from social media.
Animal rights groups say the accident is the latest example of how circuses are a danger for wild animals.
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