First sighting of gaur in Surin wildlife sanctuary in 15 years

By The Nation

 

For the first time in 15 years, a gaur has been spotted inside a wildlife sanctuary in Surin's Kap Choneg district, a wildlife official said on Saturday.

 

Wutthikul Ngampanya, chief of Huay Thapthan-Huay Samrarn Wildlife Sanctuary, said the gaur, which appeared to be around 10 years old, was spotted on Tuesday and Thursday.

 

The motion sensor camera, mounted on a tree near a small pond where wild animals come to drink, captured monochrome pictures of the gaur.

 

Wutthikul said it was the first time that a gaur has been seen at the spot in 15 years.

 

The last gaur was found there in 2004 when it strayed into a village. The gaur, which was about 20 years old, died of distress while officials tried to rescue it.

 

An autopsy found the gaur had 27 bullets embedded in the body so officials believed it survived several hunting attempts by poachers.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30367255

 

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I just hope the fat man of Italian Thai Development doesn't get to hear about this.

 

Best to not mention it anymore, folks here like nothing more than to shoot the rarest animal they can find.

Just now, canuckamuck said:

Best to not mention it anymore, folks here like nothing more than to shoot the rarest animal they can find.

How come Prawit's not been hit yet?

 

4 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I just hope the fat man of Italian Thai Development doesn't get to hear about this.

 

He's on his way but had to stop for a turnout first a "big job" and the get out of jail free card was a bit of a faff????

1 minute ago, sammieuk1 said:

He's on his way but had to stop for a turnout first a "big job" and the get out of jail free card was a bit of a faff????

Ah, so he's stopped off for a dump in the forest again.

 

24 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

First sighting of gaur in Surin wildlife sanctuary in 15 years

This animal is living on borrowed time.

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2015/10/29/1446099396/

5 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Ah, so he's stopped off for a dump in the forest again.

 

There will be a JCB involved in that recovery again yes????

Just received from a friend at the Department of Wildlife this photo.