19/10/2012 18:21
Senior elephant keeper was crushed by Asian elephant
A female keeper is in a critical condition after being pinned against a bollard by an elephant at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, the Sky news reported.
Senior elephant keeper Lucy Melo was crushed by a two-and-a-half-year-old male Asian elephant called Pathi Harn, nicknamed Mr Shuffles.
The incident happened inside the elephant barn.
The animal, born in 2010 at the zoo, was described as a miracle because vets had mistakenly thought he had died inside his mother's womb.