Rogue elephant heads towards Cambodia

By The Nation

 

 

A wild elephant named Plai Sidor Daeng is heading towards Cambodia despite Thai officials and volunteers’ attempt to block its path with 10 tractors in the border village of Ban Thab Prik in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district on Wednesday morning.

One hundred officers from several wildlife sanctuaries and community volunteers tried to chase the elephant back towards the Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary – from where it is believed to have strayed – instead of heading to Cambodia, said Manote Rattanatrai, an elephant lookout team chief at Khao Soidao wildlife sanctuary.

 

If the pachyderm crossed to Cambodia, it would be regarded as a wild animal of that country, Manote said.

 

He said the officials and volunteers were being cautious and kept a distance from the elephant, which was known as being roguish and had previously fatally attacked several people in Chanthaburi.

 

The six-tonne, no-tusk Plai Sidor Daeng has reportedly intruded on people’s farms, damaging and eating crops and bananas in many areas from Soidao district, Chanthaburi, to Wangsomboon district, Sa Kaew.

 

The animal made news headlines last June when it broke away from confinement behind an electrical fence in the Khao Takrup Forest Conservation Project area in Sa Kaew’s Wang Nam Yen district just three hours after being sent there from Chanthaburi for taming and behaviour-adjustment.

 

At that time, the animal fled to the Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary, which officials thought was a good thing because it wouldn’t disturb people again.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335901

 

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All rogues head to Cambodia. 

THey'll chase toward Cambodia and let them deal with it.....

Rogue rage!  

Next Headline in the Phnom Penh Post  -  "Thailand invades Cambodia with Rogue Elephants"

Elephant outflanks the Thai army, it now has a good chance of being made a field commander and will be lent an expensive watch, the owner, a water buffalo, has died of boredom.

The Cambodian farmers will shout him on site.  RIP  no-tusk Plai Sidor Daeng

Looks like they are searching high and low for the rogue in the pic.

Maybe the Elephant is hiding in the tree with the Python or the Orangutan?