Three-year-old wild elephant rescued after fall from mountain in Chumphon

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Three-year-old wild elephant rescued after fall from mountain in Chumphon

By The Nation

 

Wildlife officials have rescued a three-year-old wild elephant that was badly injured when it fell down a steep mountain in Chumphon's Thung Tako district.

 

Suchart Phonong, spokesman of the wild animals conservation office of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, said on Saturday that the bull elephant was spotted lying in muddy water at the foot of a mountain in Ban Chan Rane in Tambon Tako on Friday.

 

The elephant appeared to have suffered a back injury and could not stand. It was believed to have fallen about two days earlier.

 

Officials had to use a bulldozer to lift the elephant onto a truck and transport it back to the Ngao Waterfall National Park to receive preliminary treatment, before being sent to an elephant hospital in Krabi, Suchart said.

 

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So after treatment will it be released back into the wild or will it become another attraction for tourists?

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Baby elephant stranded in muddy pit for two days rescued

By Prasit Leehakhunakorn 
The Nation

 

 

 

A two-year-old male elephant, nicknamed Chao Duan, was rescued on Friday night after it fell into a 70-centimetre-deep and four-metre-wide muddy pit where it was stuck for two days in Chumphon province.

 

The elephant is recovering under the care of a veterinarian although its hind legs remained immobile as of now.

 

Nam Tok Ngao National Park head Somjet Chanthana recalled that the Chao Duan’s right side torso was in the water and its hind legs were paralysed, as a result it was trapped in that spot for two days before it was spotted by forest officials on a patrol. 

 

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The elephant’s short tusks also contributed to its inability to get out of the pit on its own, he said. The officials at the time did not get too close because Chao Duan’s mother and other herd members were still in the vicinity. On the third day, the mother and the herd left so officials moved in with a backhoe and a veterinarian to aid the elephant. Chao Duan was then taken to veterinarian Sirinan Boonnant, who provided it with saline and vitamins and physical therapy for its hind legs, Somjet said. 

 

 

On Monday, a veterinarian team from the central agency will check on the elephant’s condition and decide if it could be moved for further treatment to the Elephant Hospital in Krabi province.

 

Chao Duan’s herd comprised 13 elephants – two male adults, eight female adults and three baby elephants including Chao Duan – and they usually roamed the forest in Pato, Lang Suan and Sawi districts in Chumphon, officials said.

 

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[Old Croc]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The elephant’s short tusks also contributed to its inability to get out of the pit on its own,

I would have thought the fact it's missing half of it's trunk would be it's greatest handicap, even if it  wasn't paralyzed. 

Sometimes humane decisions are better than lingering hope.

 

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21 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

I would have thought the fact it's missing half of it's trunk would be it's greatest handicap, even if it  wasn't paralyzed. 

Sometimes humane decisions are better than lingering hope.

 

 

21 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

I would have thought the fact it's missing half of it's trunk would be it's greatest handicap, even if it  wasn't paralyzed. 

Sometimes humane decisions are better than lingering hope.

 

They never mentioned its trunk. I noticed that.