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| Elephant tramples Briton to death | Elephant tramples Briton to death |
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| A British tourist has been killed by an elephant while on holiday in Kenya. | A British tourist has been killed by an elephant while on holiday in Kenya. |
| The man was trampled to death close to his camp at in the Masai Mara game reserve on Sunday, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service. | |
| A spokeswoman at the British High Commission in the Kenyan capital Nairobi said the man's next of kin had been informed. | A spokeswoman at the British High Commission in the Kenyan capital Nairobi said the man's next of kin had been informed. |
| It is understood the man was on honeymoon. His wife was not injured, according to reports. | It is understood the man was on honeymoon. His wife was not injured, according to reports. |
| The pair were said to have been on an early morning walking safari with a guard when the small group of elephants they were observing was startled. | |
| The BBC's Adam Mynott, in Kenya, said human beings were occasionally killed by elephants in the country. | The BBC's Adam Mynott, in Kenya, said human beings were occasionally killed by elephants in the country. |
| But this normally happened in areas where humans had encroached onto land used by the elephants. | But this normally happened in areas where humans had encroached onto land used by the elephants. |
| In this case it appeared safety precautions had been followed to the letter but that this was a "tragic accident", our correspondent said. | |
| Wild animals | Wild animals |
| "People who go on safari are warned very carefully about the risks that wild animals pose to them," he added. | |
| He said it was very uncommon for elephants to kill humans in wildlife reserves. | |
| Tourists on game drives through wildlife reserves are told to stay in their cars because of the threat from wild animals. | Tourists on game drives through wildlife reserves are told to stay in their cars because of the threat from wild animals. |
| And where tourists are taken on walks through the bush, they are accompanied by rangers armed with rifles. | And where tourists are taken on walks through the bush, they are accompanied by rangers armed with rifles. |
| In 2000, another Briton was trampled to death by an elephant in the Masai Mara reserve, when he ventured out of a secure compound to take a photograph of it. | In 2000, another Briton was trampled to death by an elephant in the Masai Mara reserve, when he ventured out of a secure compound to take a photograph of it. |