THEPHUKETNEWS.COM FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019 thephuketnews thephuketnews1 thephuketnews.com Friday, May 17 – Thursday, May 23, 2019 Since 2011 / Volume IX / No. 20 20 Baht CLASS ACT, IMAGE ASIA IN PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE MOVE > PAGE 9 NEWS PAGE 2 Bangla bar tout charged for fatal BABY street stabbing JUMBO LIFE PAGE 11 IS DEAD Taking steps for the ocean with Subs flip-flops Three-year-old Jumbo, pictured here at Phuket Zoo, where he was used to dance and perform tricks for tourists, has died. Photo: Moving Animals INFANT ELEPHANT AMID INTERNATIONAL PLEAS FOR PROTECTION DIES FROM INFECTION Tanyaluk Sakoot his health because he was becoming “He was not able to stand and Phuket News on Tuesday, said he
[email protected] weak from an infection. The vets both his back legs showed swelling, was not aware that Jumbo had died. came to check on him and provided so we had a vet x-ray his legs and “I had been told that he was at the he Phuket Zoo baby elephant him medical treatment, but he was found that both legs were broken,” Elephant Hospital, and I thought that Jumbo, just three years old, not getting better. the staffer explained. I would have been informed if Jumbo SPORT PAGE 32 Thas died from a digestive tract “His condition kept deteriorat- Jumbo has now been buried on had died,” he said. infection despite an international ing, so he we had him taken to the hospital grounds, the staffer added. Zoo Manager Mr Pichai, speak- campaign calling for him to be taken Elephant Hospital in Krabi, where he Phuket DLD Chief Manas Thep- ing openly about Jumbo, countered Phuket Aussie into care for better protection.