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Elephant kills 2 female tourists from the UK and New Zealand in Zambian national park

SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, ZAMBIA, JUL 3 – The female elephant attacked despite guides firing shots, killing two elderly tourists on a walking safari; elephants cause about 500 deaths worldwide annually, experts say.

  • An elderly British tourist and her New Zealand friend died after being attacked by a female elephant with a calf at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia.
  • Safari guides fired shots at the elephant to try to stop the attack, but were unable to prevent the tourists' deaths.
  • Two other international tourists had been killed by elephants in separate incidents in Zambia last year.
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An adult elephant attacked and fatally mauled two women in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park on Friday, local authorities said.

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A female elephant attacked and trampled two female tourists during a safari in a Zambian national park. Both women, 68-year-old Briton Easton Taylor and 67-year-old Alison Taylor from New Zealand, died at the scene.

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In Zambia's South Luangwa National Park, an enraged female elephant trampled to death two female safari tourists, a 68-year-old British woman and a 67-year-old New Zealander.

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Journal of African Elephants broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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