Two elephants electrocuted near a durian plantation in Surat Thani province

[snoop1130]

 

Two adult elephants were found dead, believed electrocuted, near a durian plantation within the Tai Rom Yen National Park in the Kanchanadit district of the southern province of Surat Thani.

 

Wire was found entangled around the bodies of the two wild elephants, a female about 25 years old and a bull, about 40 years old. Burn marks were found on their trunks.

 

The owner of the durian plantation in Ban Kong Tor, Khlong Sa sub-district, who alerted the village head yesterday (Thursday) about the deaths, told park officials that he decided to switch on the electricity connected to the fence to protect his durian trees on Wednesday night, after he learned that four elephants had ventured out of the national park to forage for food in the village.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-13

 

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[ukrules]

37 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The owner of the durian plantation in Ban Kong Tor, Khlong Sa sub-district, who alerted the village head yesterday (Thursday) about the deaths, told park officials that he decided to switch on the electricity connected to the fence to protect his durian trees on Wednesday night, after he learned that four elephants had ventured out of the national park to forage for food in the village.

Well there you go - it protected his trees and he did it deliberately.

 

Is this kind of behaviour illegal?

 

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

Is this kind of behaviour illegal?

Yes.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The owner of the durian plantation in Ban Kong Tor, Khlong Sa sub-district, who alerted the village head yesterday (Thursday) about the deaths, told park officials that he decided to switch on the electricity connected to the fence to protect his durian trees on Wednesday night, after he learned that four elephants had ventured out of the national park to forage for food in the village.

Not agreeing with his actions... but then again he is protecting his livelihood.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, ukrules said:

Well there you go - it protected his trees and he did it deliberately.

 

Is this kind of behaviour illegal?

 

More understandable.

If someone walked into your business every night and stole from you what would you do?

And don't say this is different.. it's not.

 

[ukrules]

31 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

More understandable.

If someone walked into your business every night and stole from you what would you do?

And don't say this is different.. it's not.

 

I just wondered if it's illegal because I genuinely didn't know, apparently it is.

 

Which means he's in a world of trouble.

[nobodysfriend]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

he decided to switch on the electricity connected to the fence to protect his durian trees

He could have killed any human touching the fence as well .

Very dangerous and should be ILLEGAL .

[phetphet]

I thought electric fences were supposed to be powerful enough to act as a deterrent, but not enough to kill.

Sounds like he just went straight from the mains.

[edwinchester]

7 minutes ago, phetphet said:

I thought electric fences were supposed to be powerful enough to act as a deterrent, but not enough to kill.

Sounds like he just went straight from the mains.

When we were building our house 15 years ago the electrician asked if we wanted a live wire around the property to deter Intruders. The three options available were 'a shock', 'put in hospital' and 'death'. We decided against installing an electric fence.

[Moonlover]

45 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

he decided to switch on the electricity connected to the fence to protect his durian trees

 

45 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

He could have killed any human touching the fence as well .

Very dangerous and should be ILLEGAL .

It looks like folks are not reading the full article again. You can learn quite a lot with just one click

 

'Pornchai Sitthikaset, director of Protected Area Office 4, said that installing electric fences against wild animals is a serious offence, adding that legal action will be taken against the plantation owner'.

[oslooskar]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

More understandable.

If someone walked into your business every night and stole from you what would you do?

And don't say this is different.. it's not.

 

Of course this is different, elephants don't know any better, whereas criminals do. That having been said, one does not need a lethal jolt of electricity to discourage animals from entering his property. In fact, my cousin had an electric wire that prevented her horses from wandering off. Also, according to the article, installing electric fences against wild animals is illegal and a serious offense. So, it looks like the plantation owner has gotten himself into a lot of hot water with the authorities.

[sammieuk1]

Now how is he going to get them in the freezer ????

[Cake Monster]

15 hours ago, ukrules said:

Well there you go - it protected his trees and he did it deliberately.

 

Is this kind of behaviour illegal?

 

Yes it is 

Will the Farmer face some kind of prosecution

probably not

[The Fugitive]

1 hour ago, edwinchester said:

When we were building our house 15 years ago the electrician asked if we wanted a live wire around the property to deter Intruders. The three options available were 'a shock', 'put in hospital' and 'death'. We decided against installing an electric fence.

Sounds like something I've read concerning step-down transformers for drills etc. on building sites;

 

110 volts = Won't kill you

220 volts = Might kill you

440 Volts = Will kill you

[G Rex]

21 minutes ago, The Fugitive said:

Sounds like something I've read concerning step-down transformers for drills etc. on building sites;

 

110 volts = Won't kill you

220 volts = Might kill you

440 Volts = Will kill you

It is not the voltage that kills you - it is the amperage.

Standard Electric fence units have very high voltage, but low amps. - often up to 8000V , but only about 120 mAmps.

This guy obviously used mains electricity - a big no-no!

Edited October 14, 2023 by G Rex

[Dickie Dee]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Two adult elephants were found dead, believed electrocuted, near a durian plantation within the Tai Rom Yen National Park in the Kanchanadit district of the southern province of Surat Thani.

 

Wire was found entangled around the bodies of the two wild elephants, a female about 25 years old and a bull, about 40 years old. Burn marks were found on their trunks.

 

The owner of the durian plantation in Ban Kong Tor, Khlong Sa sub-district, who alerted the village head yesterday (Thursday) about the deaths, told park officials that he decided to switch on the electricity connected to the fence to protect his durian trees on Wednesday night, after he learned that four elephants had ventured out of the national park to forage for food in the village.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-13

 

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Not a very nice man to kill hungry elephants. 

[ujayujay]

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

More understandable.

If someone walked into your business every night and stole from you what would you do?

And don't say this is different.. it's not.

 

....BS. What do you think is the value of life......Nothing?

[ujayujay]

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Now how is he going to get them in the freezer ????

????........

[ujayujay]

Give this Bloke the electric Chair to feel his own Medicine!

[surat04]

3 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Yes it is 

Will the Farmer face some kind of prosecution

probably not

He was arrested and then released on 350,000 baht bail.

So charges "might" follow.

[surat04]

[Neeranam]

He could have not told anyone. 

[Peterphuket]

I'm not surprised, given the piece that appeared in a Dutch daily today.

[digger70]

20 hours ago, ukrules said:

Well there you go - it protected his trees and he did it deliberately.

 

Is this kind of behaviour illegal?

 

It's Legal IF one uses the Right Apparatus  the one they use for electric cattle fences.

Not the MAINS Power that is Deadly.

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, phetphet said:

I thought electric fences were supposed to be powerful enough to act as a deterrent, but not enough to kill.

Sounds like he just went straight from the mains.

Exactly.