Elephants attempt to pick pineapples from lorry

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

Wild elephants blocked the road near Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi in an apparent effort to collect pineapples as a “toll” from a passing lorry.

 

A video uploaded on the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department Facebook fan page shows a large male elephant standing in the middle of the road blocking traffic. National park officers had to chase the animal away from the road and drive it back into the forest.

 

Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Mana Phermphun said officers received a call from the lorry driver, who was transporting pineapples to a food-processing factory, to help drive the wild elephant away. The driver said the lorry was stopped by three elephants that tried to pick pineapples to eat.

 

Kaeng Krachan National Park is one of several areas that have a problem with wild elephants encroaching on nearby farmland. Food sources within the forest are fewer and harder to find than on the farms.

 

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They give tea money to the BiB at road checks , why not give a couple of hundred Baht's worth of pineapples to the elephants ?

 

Why are food sources fewer in the forest ? There are enough greens to feed them . Maybe they just wanted some juicy fruit as desert .

Elephant anti-polo protest!

 

PINEAPPLES NOT POLO !

not normal elephant diet - far too sugary. 

so it begs the question where have these allegedly "wild" animals learned how to eat sugar?

Someone has obviously been feeding them.....now we see the problems this creates.

 

Direct human interaction with wild animals is a no-no.

Interaction between wild animals and traffic is a DOUBLE NO-NO!

4 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

not normal elephant diet - far too sugary. 

so it begs the question where have these allegedly "wild" animals learned how to eat sugar?

Someone has obviously been feeding them.....now we see the problems this creates.

 

Direct human interaction with wild animals is a no-no.

Interaction between wild animals and traffic is a DOUBLE NO-NO!

 

Captive Elephants have been fed Pineapple tops for decades, 

25 minutes ago, Kimber said:

 

Captive Elephants have been fed Pineapple tops for decades, 

I don't see your point.

These are wild elephants are they not?

My point is that they have learned to eat a poor diet from somewhere.

 

BTW - most captive elephants have a dreadful diet.

3 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

I don't see your point.

These are wild elephants are they not?

My point is that they have learned to eat a poor diet from somewhere.

 

BTW - most captive elephants have a dreadful diet.

life    life     LIFE    !!!!!

1 hour ago, cookieqw said:

life    life     LIFE    !!!!!

Im sorry, I don't understand what your point is - it seems we have entered "cryptic corner" in the last few posts.

On ‎18‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 7:41 PM, Airbagwill said:

I don't see your point.

These are wild elephants are they not?

My point is that they have learned to eat a poor diet from somewhere.

 

BTW - most captive elephants have a dreadful diet.

 

Consider the Elephant in question knowing what Pineapples are.....a food source.

 

Who know if the Elephant was always wild  ?