Rising Elephant Attacks in Thailand Cause Alarm

[webfact]

 

Thailand faces an alarming increase in wild elephant attacks, resulting in at least 150 deaths and over 133 injuries since 2018, according to a report by the country's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Many victims have been tourists in southern Thailand.

 

The Humane Society attributes these attacks to tourists provoking the elephants.

 

The report reveals these massive animals have been venturing into populated areas, causing havoc on roads and even entering homes, making Thailand a global hotspot for elephant-related incidents.

 

In a notable event, a herd of 50 elephants crossing a highway in Chachoengsao halted traffic. However, the situation escalated when a seven-ton bull elephant named Duea sat in a motorist's car in Khao Yai National Park.

 

Further, regions like Nakhon Ratchasima, Phang Nga, and Hua Hin are witnessing a surge in human-elephant conflicts. As these incidents become more frequent, locals resort to deterrent measures like deploying ping-pong "bombs".

 

The Humane Society International postulates a correlation between the increased attacks and captive elephants. A significant number of elephants in Thailand are held in captivity, employed in tourism and logging industries, and kept in zoos and performance venues.

 

Sadly, only a small proportion of these majestic animals are free in their natural habitats. Those in captivity endure restrictive conditions, forced to perform tasks for tourists. Activist groups such as PETA have consistently criticized elephant rides, arguing that elephants in captivity are displaced from their natural habitats and exploited.

 

File photo courtesy of MGR

 

-- 2024-05-08

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[Tropicalevo]

More die in one week, not 5+ years, on Thailand's roads due to bad driving.

Why worry about the elephants?

Leave the elephants alone.

[dinsdale]

This article is an unattributed lift from The Sun (A ChatGPT article itself) with AI changes. Here are some examples .....

The Sun: In one of the most jaw-dropping ordeals, 50 of the huge animals decided to saunter across a highway in Chachoengsao - leaving humans forced to watch on and wait.

AN: In a notable event, a herd of 50 elephants crossing a highway in Chachoengsao halted traffic. However, the situation escalated when a seven-ton bull elephant named Duea sat in a motorist's car in Khao Yai National Park.

The Sun: Provinces like Nakhon Ratchasima, Phang Nga and Hua Hin are all seeing increases in the number of human and elephant conflicts, according to local reports.

Incidents have become so frequent and terrifying that locals have started to arm themselves with ping-pong "bombs" to scare away the beasts.

AN: Further, regions like Nakhon Ratchasima, Phang Nga, and Hua Hin are witnessing a surge in human-elephant conflicts. As these incidents become more frequent, locals resort to deterrent measures like deploying ping-pong "bombs".

The Sun: In Thailand, there are more animals working in tourism and logging industries than left in the wild.

AN: .... significant number of elephants in Thailand are held in captivity, employed in tourism and logging industries, and kept in zoos and performance venues.

Sadly, only a small proportion of these majestic animals are free in their natural habitats.

etc.

Here's an image from The Sun article compared to the image from this article.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27673790/elephant-attack-capital-thailand-tourists-blame/

 

[JoePai]

elephant named Duea sat in a motorist's car 

 

Similar to : how do you know if an elephant's been in your fridge ?

[KhunLA]

Rise up against the oppression of your fellow changs in captivity ... 

 

UP THE REVOLUTION

[dinsdale]

7 minutes ago, JoePai said:

elephant named Duea sat in a motorist's car 

 

Similar to : how do you know if an elephant's been in your fridge ?

[sammieuk1]

Cars have trunks must be the attraction for jumbos 🤔

[Yagoda]

48 minutes ago, JoePai said:

elephant named Duea sat in a motorist's car 

 

Similar to : how do you know if an elephant's been in your fridge ?

My wife will have crumbs on her dress

[foreverlomsak]

49 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Cars have trunks must be the attraction for jumbos 🤔

English call car trunks boots, does that mean we are going to see elephants in wellies (wellington boots to the less informed)

[G Rex]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

making Thailand a global hotspot for elephant-related incidents.

 

Thailand - The Hub of Elephant-related incidents.

 

Another Number 1.     Amazing Thailand.

[bdenner]

Don't think I would act rationally if I had to live with some prick sitting on my neck shoving a steel spike into the back of my ear!

[newbee2022]

These creatures would not attack anyone if they would have enough space to live. Without human beings.

So who is the intruder?🙏

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Humane Society attributes these attacks to tourists provoking the elephants

Of course... bloody tourists again... 

So back it up with a mandate from Srettha to stop all tourism immediately... or shut up.

[hotchilli]

33 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

These creatures would not attack anyone if they would have enough space to live. Without human beings.

So who is the intruder?🙏

Apparently tourists

[newbee2022]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Apparently tourists

Yeah, tourists are human beings too sometimes, aren't they?

[Thingamabob]

Pathetic article, completely missing the point that elephants, and other wild life, are having their natural habitat taken over by humans. This is not only occurring in Thailand. Most humans consider their needs far more important than an animal's needs, sad to say.

[digbeth]

While elephants are in their natural habitat, humans happens to build into their land, and now with elephant numbers on the rise due to either various conservation effort or lack of food forcing them into human occupied area, it's only a matter of time before it become big problem like monkeys in Lopburi, elephant attack/encroachment on built areas were unhearad of but are now daily occurrence in Chantaburi and areas around Khao Yai, it's cute tourists can come see elephants until it is not, Lopburi was like that too a decade a go with a few monkeys in isolated area

[Photoguy21]

If you provoke an elephant it is obvious who will win. It could also be due to the male elephants being in musk while does make them very aggressive.

[dinsdale]

23 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Pathetic article, completely missing the point that elephants, and other wild life, are having their natural habitat taken over by humans. This is not only occurring in Thailand. Most humans consider their needs far more important than an animal's needs, sad to say.

As I said above this is a lift from The Sun and everyone knows that's a trash paper. AN has jus copied it with some changes. This would be acemedic fraud at the very least or plagiarism at worst in education circles as it's unattributed. Basically a stolen article albeit a crap article. 

[ignore it]

The seven ton bull elephant named Duea may be a sqatter but he aint illegally occupying someones home.

 

Yet.

[Bobthegimp]

3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

These creatures would not attack anyone if they would have enough space to live. Without human beings.

So who is the intruder?🙏

 

Go pet one and find out.

 

Other humans are the problem, not you or your offspring. 

 

 

 

[Bobthegimp]

43 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

As I said above this is a lift from The Sun and everyone knows that's a trash paper. AN has jus copied it with some changes. This would be acemedic fraud at the very least or plagiarism at worst in education circles as it's unattributed. Basically a stolen article albeit a crap article. 

 

Or a ticket to run an ivy league university in the US...if the plagarist identifies as one of the oppressed group.

[dinsdale]

19 minutes ago, Bobthegimp said:

 

Or a ticket to run an ivy league university in the US...if the plagarist identifies as one of the oppressed group.

I gave the laugh emoji because I can't give the agree emoji also. You are correct. Harvard University. Claudine Gay. Done for plagiarism which is a level higher than academic fraud. Citation is something we are told we have to do certain times on here so why doesn't the same apply to the "writers" of articles on here which no longer attribute articles to their rightful owner. To say The Sun didn't lift the article from somewhere else is unknown to me but this article was definitely lifted from The Sun without attribution.

[newbee2022]

13 minutes ago, Bobthegimp said:

 

Go pet one and find out.

 

Other humans are the problem, not you or your offspring. 

 

 

 

What happened to you? Demented?😳

[dinsdale]

I once saw a young elephant eat a mandarine. It was amazing. It trod on it so delicately to just break the peel. Then picked it up with its trunk and ate the flesh and discarded the peel. Outstanding. There were Thais around at the time and we were all amazed.

[Kinok Farang]

On 5/8/2024 at 8:29 AM, Tropicalevo said:

More die in one week, not 5+ years, on Thailand's roads due to bad driving.

Why worry about the elephants?

Leave the elephants alone.

Because elephants are better drivers.