Woman Critical After Zoo Elephant Attack

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent

A female keeper is in a critical condition after being pinned against a bollard by an elephant at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

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 elephant, born in 2010, was described as a miracle because vets had mistakenly thought he had died inside his mother's womb.

Pathi Harn has been nicknamed Mr Shuffles

Ms Melo has worked at the zoo since 2004.

An ambulance spokeswoman said emergency services were called to the elephant enclosure and discovered a woman unconscious and not breathing, with multiple injuries.

"We had a report that a female in her 40s had been injured by an elephant," the spokeswoman said.

He was born in 2010 and vets said he was a 'miracle'

"She had critical injuries, multiple injuries. The patient was unconscious and had stopped breathing."

A zoo spokesman said Ms Melo was conducting a routine training session when "a young male elephant pinned the female keeper against a bollard".

"Two other keepers in an adjoining stall responded to her call and moved the elephant away.

"An investigation has been immediately commenced into this incident and what may have prompted the reaction.

"It's unknown at this time why the young elephant challenged the keeper."

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