{"id":901,"date":"2025-12-20T12:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T12:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2025-12-20T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T12:24:35","slug":"minnesota-woman-killed-by-elephant-during-african-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Woman Killed by Elephant During African Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 79-year-old Minnesota woman, Gail Mattson, has died after a bull elephant charged the safari vehicle she was traveling in during a game drive in Zambia. According to her family, the incident occurred suddenly when the elephant approached and overturned the vehicle, leaving little time to react.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi50jA8P6fddzQk2NIMGa8lTLQofZ6X4PRPtC-11M2O-YDYWZIRnqvs5Rr2Mj2rVD79vrgiqN8U2Qg2xh2gzVxDkPOmy_ZfUCJ_kaxmdYC_BkaHgXbbuqtd_nCLg6WKkoGbVqwvdY1ufFH0FXx3I_QmMVSiIwwCBU6FKtgsa8WH2nbd3o3f-oD_AaJGl6s\/s1600\/Minnesota%20Woman%20Killed%20by%20Elephant%20During%20African%20Vacation.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The family confirmed the tragedy to FOX 9, describing the loss as devastating. Authorities are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the encounter, underscoring the inherent risks of wildlife tourism and the importance of strict safety protocols when observing animals in their natural habitats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Minnesota woman killed by elephant during African vacation\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3Yl3ta-GhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 79-year-old Minnesota woman, Gail Mattson, has died after a bull elephant charged the safari vehicle she was traveling in during a game drive in Zambia. According to her family, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}