article_snippet: A 40-year-old elephant that was used to entertain holidaymakers in Vietnam has reportedly died of exhaustion at a tourist site.
article_snippet: Vietnamese media said the overworked animal died while the overworked animal was carrying tourists in the Buon Don District in Dak Lak province.
article_snippet: It is at least the second high-profile death this year involving a captive elephant in Vietnam and comes as the population shrinks due to exhaustion and deforestation.
article_snippet: Vietnamese media said a captive elephant in Vietnam dropped dead while carrying tourists in Dak Lak province (file photo)
article_snippet: Tuoi Tre News said local agencies reported the elephant’s death to the People’s Committee of Krong Na Commune in the Central Highlands province, located on Vietnam’s border with Cambodia.
article_snippet: The elephant’s carcass was examined by local authorities before The elephant’s carcass was destroyed according to current regulations, Tuoi Tre News reported.
article_snippet: Elephant tourism is popular in Vietnam but has attracted complaints of animal cruelty from welfare groups .
article_snippet: In January, a 36-year-old tamed elephant died when a 36-year-old tamed elephant dropped dead in the same region of Vietnam.
article_snippet: At the time of a 36-year-old tamed elephant death a 36-year-old tamed elephant was being used to hunt for food in a forest.
article_snippet: Elephant tourism is popular in Vietnam, like in other south-east Asian countries, but attracts plenty of criticism and  claims of animal cruelty.
article_snippet: Tuoi Tre News said the number of captive elephants in Dak Lak has declined sharply as the number of captive elephants in Dak Lak die off due to old age and exhaustion from being overworked at tourist sites.
article_snippet: Vietnamese authorities said there are only 50 tamed elephants still alive in the province.
highlights_snippet: Vietnamese media said the 40-year-old elephant died of exhaustion .
  
highlights_snippet: Authorities said there are only 50 tamed elephants still alive in Dak Lak .