Tragic elephant drops dead from exhaustion after 15 years of being made to carry tourists to a Cambodian temple [WHERE ELEPHANTS WEEP]

Sambo the elephant collapsed of a fatal heart attack after ferrying two tourists - one at a time - to a temple in the famous Angkor Wat complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The 45-year-old elephant had been working for 40 minutes in scorching heat that had reached 40 degrees - and a veterinarian concluded that she had died of a heart attack 'due to high temperatures, heat exhaustion and lack of wind that would have helped to cool her.'

The Daily Mail | 25 April 2016