Elephant innocent in fatal stomping
An elephant that stomped his keeper to death at a Chinese zoo has been declared innocent because of mitigating circumstances, Xinhua news agency has said. It was decided that the victim was responsible for his own tragedy because he had entered the elephant pen all alone and without adopting any protective measures, in violation of zoo rules. Zoo officials said it was the mating season and the elephant was possibly suffering from sunstroke at the time.
