(AP) — The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk ...

Federación Hípica de Castilla y León/Facebook A 22-year-old Spanish tourist was killed by an elephant in Thailand last week while she was bathing the animal at an elephant center, according to ...

The young woman had been visiting Thailand and was taking part ... washing the elephant became deadly when sources told CNN that the creature appeared to "panic" during the bath, fatally piercing ...