Guar found shot to death in housing estate close to Khao Yai National Park

[snoop1130]

Image Credit: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

 

Park rangers have found the carcass of an adult guar, believed to have been poached for its meat, near a lake in the compound of a housing estate close to Khao Yai National Park in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Chief of the park, Chaiya Huayhongtong, told Thai PBS today (Monday) that he thinks that the female guar had ventured out of its normal habitat to forage for food near the lake in Pak Chong district.

 

He said a gunshot wound was found on the beast, but there was no trace of the bullet, adding that he believes that the guar might have been killed by an illegal hunter or workers on the housing estate.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/guar-found-shot-to-death-in-housing-estate-close-to-khao-yai-national-park/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-14

 

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[MJCM]

It's a Gaur which is

 

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The gaur (Bos gaurus; /ɡaʊər/), also known as the Indian bison, is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur

[BMW Overlander]

Magnificent creature. Had a chance to observe them just outside the Khao Yai National Park

 

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by BMW Overlander

[RichardColeman]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

or workers on the housing estate.

Couldn't they take care of the soi dogs first , or they already 'disappeared' ?

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said a gunshot wound was found on the beast, but there was no trace of the bullet, adding that he believes that the guar might have been killed by an illegal hunter or workers on the housing estate.

Follow the BBQ smell.