webfact Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Star elephant beats mahout to death at Chiang Mai Zoo By Thai PBS A well-known male elephant at Chiang Mai Zoo, Phlai Ekasit, that appeared in action movie “Ong Bak” starring Panom “Tony Jaa” Yeeram and other Thai and international films, hit a mahout with its trunk, killing him instantly, on Monday morning (Nov 27), police said. Eyewitnesses told police that the incident occurred while Somsak Riangngern, 55, the elephant’s handler for over 10 years, was giving him a banana tree in a kraal inside the zoo and trying to walk him to take a bath. The elephant suddenly turned to the mahout and hit him many times with his trunk, killing him in front of his wife, Mrs Jampa. Zoo officials were later able to keep the elephant under control. It was initially believed the 32-year-old pachyderm went wild because he was is in rut. However, the actual cause of the incident has yet to be determined by veterinarians. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/star-elephant-beats-mahout-death-chiang-mai-zoo/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-11-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Maybe it's time to rethink how the elephants are treated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Elephants don't forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bowman Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) No Parking Zone. Edited November 27, 2017 by missoura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 30 minutes ago, watcharacters said: Maybe it's time to rethink how the elephants are treated? Musth - Wikipedia "Scientific investigation of musth is problematic because even the most placid elephants become highly violent toward humans and other elephants during musth." "In zoos, bull elephants in musth have killed numerous keepers when a normally friendly animal became uncontrollably enraged; in contrast to normal dominance behavior, bulls in musth will even attack and kill members of their own family, including their own calves." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) After 10 years there was obviously no bond. On many occasions I have seen the way the (uneducated) idiot - mahout - treat these animals (in fact who is the animal). = Kama and no sympathy. I only hope they do not punish the elephant! Edited November 27, 2017 by bdenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncat1 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It is only the Mahout that says the " bullhook " they use on the elephant does not hurt them, but if an elephant could talk I am sure it would say otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myran Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Enoon said: Musth - Wikipedia "Scientific investigation of musth is problematic because even the most placid elephants become highly violent toward humans and other elephants during musth." "In zoos, bull elephants in musth have killed numerous keepers when a normally friendly animal became uncontrollably enraged; in contrast to normal dominance behavior, bulls in musth will even attack and kill members of their own family, including their own calves." Elephant crushing - Wikipedia "Elephant crushing, or a training crush is a method by which wild elephants can be tamed for domestication, using restriction in a cage, sometimes with the use of corporal punishment or negative reinforcement." "Baby elephants are taken from the wild, with the adult elephants around the baby killed.[1] The elephants are then often put through a process of beatings to "mentally break" them (the so-called "phajaan"), to make them submissive for the lucrative entertainment of tourists in tourist parks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgent Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 thai elephants must have the same mindset as thai men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdoc Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Here's a photo of the elephant, Phlai Ekasit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Dick Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Dick Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Smart elephants hide the body: https://news.lovepattayathailand.com/national/elephant-kills-owner-tried-hide-body/ At least try to make it look like an accident, stupid beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Hard to believe that one swipe of the trunk can kill instantly. That's 40,000+ muscles at work being swung by something like a 5,000 kg (looking at the above pic) beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 He's just got tired of being poked and prodded all day ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Elephants don't belong in zoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCustom69 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 13 hours ago, Topdoc said: Here's a photo of the elephant, Phlai Ekasit Magnificent animal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 14 hours ago, Topdoc said: Here's a photo of the elephant, Phlai Ekasit Is this a genuine photo of the bull elephant? It's certainly not at the Chiang Mai zoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokopelli Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) 19 hours ago, webfact said: The elephant suddenly turned to the mahout and hit him many times with his trunk, killing him in front of his wife, Mrs Jampa. 3 hours ago, dinsdale said: Hard to believe that one swipe of the trunk can kill instantly. That's 40,000+ muscles at work being swung by something like a 5,000 kg (looking at the above pic) beast. Edited November 28, 2017 by kokopelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Zoo Sorry For ‘Unpreventable’ Death Of Mahout By ‘Ong Bak’ Elephant By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter Tony Jaa in Ong Bak 2. CHIANG MAI — Chiang Mai Zoo officials apologized to the family of an experienced mahout trampled/gored to death by an elephant that appeared in a martial arts blockbuster film, describing the incident as “unpreventable.” Phlai Ekasit, 32, a male elephant at the Chiang Mai Zoo, killed Somsak Riangngern, 54 of Surin, in front of his wife and fellow mahouts on Monday morning. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2017/11/28/zoo-sorry-unpreventable-death-mahout-ong-bak-elephant/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-11-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventra20 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Good job". The way they treat the Elephants is in humane. Good to see Elephant getting even for bad treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGS1244 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 No such thing as Unpreventable, rubbish, always preventable, somewhere someone messed up. You are dealing with the largest wild animal in the world not your domestic cat. Elephants do not belong in shows of zoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how241 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Everybody needs a job...Sure, in the perfect world, they would be roaming free but in the 'real' world they often get killed for many reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadon Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 2 things quickly grab the attention here....1. Apologized to the family ... (fate?) End of story, no compensation, no explanation, done deal. And, 2. Unpreventable. Yeah right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Ever see how those mahouts poke that sharp metal at the elephants eyes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Good. The treatment of elephants in Thailand is disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Sad but treat an animal like a fool and he will treat you like the idiot you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack61 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I guess unpreventable translates to uncompensatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 On 11/27/2017 at 8:27 PM, Jools said: Beautiful. Hardly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 On 11/28/2017 at 3:23 PM, pattayadon said: 2 things quickly grab the attention here....1. Apologized to the family ... (fate?) End of story, no compensation, no explanation, done deal. And, 2. Unpreventable. Yeah right! "End of story, no compensation, no explanation, done deal". How was something that was not stated able to grab your attention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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