snoop1130 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Farmer faces charges after wild elephant fatally electrocuted By The Nation A four-tonne elephant was fatally electrocuted at a corn field near the Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi's Muang district on Monday morning when it separated from its herd to hunt for food. Sanctuary head Paitoon Intharabut went to the corn field in Tambon Chong Sadao along with a veterinarian and police when the wild elephant’s death was reported at 8.30am. They found the 25-year-old male bull lying with its stomach on electrical wires. Corn farmer Wutthichot Rojanaphokhapreeda, 48, told police that he installed the 220-volt electrical wire fence around his 12-rai cornfield on August 28 to protect the crop from cows and buffaloes but he failed to report the wire installation to park officials. He said that he only released 110 volts of electricity and a wild elephant previously tried to eat his crop but got a shock and ran away. Paitoon said officials would proceed with legal action against the farmer as installing the electrical wire resulting in a wild elephant's death was within the frame of illegal wildlife hunting. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30327042 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-9-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Corn farmer Wutthichot Rojanaphokhapreeda, 48, told police that he installed the 220-volt electrical wire fence around his 12-rai cornfield on August 28 to protect the crop from cows and buffaloes but he failed to report the wire installation to park officials. give him 220; in thailand this kind of a guy is considered smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker1 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 And another one makes 3 ! he was using 220v but only released 110 volts the man must be a genius no doubt he will be inline for the new eletrician licence !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDinosaw Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Should a 25 year old elephant not have ivory tusks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 What's she pointing at?Oh Yes, an elephant, wouldn't have seen it otherwise Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uffe123 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Actually they need to do something about these elephants, In my village alone 4 people were killed. One man had his arms and legs torn off, must have been one mad elephant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 9 hours ago, roo860 said: What's she pointing at? Oh Yes, an elephant, wouldn't have seen it otherwise Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Agreed. Wasn't too sure, but now I know!! Also, I think ignorant types putting up mains voltage fences should be invited to test them first. I've accidentally tested my electric livestock fences, as has our cat. It's enough to make your hair stand up! However there is a huge difference between a LIVESTOCK fence and something connected to the domestic power supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petmag Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 11 hours ago, NeoDinosaw said: Should a 25 year old elephant not have ivory tusks ? Good point, I agree with you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegoniners Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Fatally electrocuted is redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbagwill Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Not the first time this has happened - basically farmers taking the law into their own hands....there is actually a lot of advice on this sort of problem, but some people just think they know best ,.....and don't need to tell the authorities about it. Furthermore, it's easy enough to detect if someone is setting up these fences but no-one lifted a finger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I guess one could say the elephant was "well-grounded" (before and after electrocution). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbagwill Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 On 9/19/2017 at 12:34 PM, Petmag said: Good point, I agree with you.. Only some Asian elephant males have tusks, females only have very small ones - in African elephants both male and females have tusks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbagwill Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 On 9/19/2017 at 9:43 AM, uffe123 said: Actually they need to do something about these elephants, In my village alone 4 people were killed. One man had his arms and legs torn off, must have been one mad elephant there are ways of dealing with human/elephant conflict and there are several international bodies that will provide help - unfortunately many t Thai rural farmers don't always know about this. also the is the problem of farmers encroaching on land that is actually well within the territory of wild elephants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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