Bull elephant causing strife at Khao Yai

[HeijoshinCool]

"It's in heat," Patarapol said.

Er, doc, bulls are in musth. The ladies are in heat.

Anyway, this is normal behavior, and humans zipping about where you guys have given a home to elephants, need to learn the elephants are, believe it or not, wild animals.

"Er, doc, bulls are in musth. The ladies are in heat."

Err, it's bound to be a translation from what a Thai vet said, the chances are he knows that. He probably also knows that female elephants are known as cows, not ladies.

[Sviss Geez]

Maybe time to realize that those beautiful and intelligent animals should not be kept in captivity for our entertainment!!

This one was not a captive held for anyone's enjoyment, hence the report. It was obviously free to do whatever it wanted.

[ratcatcher]

Maybe time to realize that those beautiful and intelligent animals should not be kept in captivity for our entertainment!!

Did you engage your capable brain before typing your post?

Since this was an intelligent, wild elephant at home in his own wild environment, why the need for your belief that he was entertaining us. He was possibly aroused and thus probably angry and decided to test the structural strength of a nearby Honda, whose owner obviously was too terrified to make a reverse movement.

In doing so he managed to be more entertaining than one of those poor captive tamed creatures we see with a monkey perched on their head.

On the other hand, they could shoot the brute and prevent a recurrence?

[freedom4life]

Don't you mean, "Tourists/residents causing strife at Khao Yai"

[Chongalulu]

There seemed to be nothing behind the vehicle with plenty of time for the driver to engage reverse but seems couldn't even engage brain!......or do they all leave samon at home as soon as they get behind the wheel? Perhaps more of his herd could be recruited as more effective traffic police?

[KhnomKhnom]

1. Do not honk at a horny elephant. Cheer for the elephant, except if they kill a person.

2. If the car behind you is at least 4 meters from your rear bumper, you are not in Thailand.

3. Silver/gray cars are color of elephants.

Leave this old guy alone. He just wants to mate, who doesn't?

[elgordo38]

It may be easy to speculate that this is the elephant who trampled that young lady to death not so long ago.

Too many tourists, not enough land for these majestic beings.

Maybe more tourists = more money = expanding the habitat?

I doubt if they will expand the habitat. Tooo many people expanding looking for a home. Wildlife including my beloved tigers are being forced out for human expansion. Also the poor are surviving by hunting these majestic animals to sell for their body parts. After all the wildlife is killed off the poor will hunt the rich.

[iReason]

"...when bull elephants reach reproductive age, they are forced out of their herd to prevent mating with blood relatives."

Seems the elephants are wiser than the "Royals" around the world.

[sydneyjed]

Apparently it is a "trunk road" by all reports !

[Beetlejuice]

It is all very simple, wild elephants and dumb tourists don`t mix. The area is the elephants territory, it is the tourists who are encroaching on their space.

The elephants habitat should be regarded as a protected zone, a sanitary for these animals and tourists imposed to keep at a distance to cease causing stress to the elephants. But obviously this will not happen because that would be considered as being bad for business, where profits are given a higher priority than the welfare of the animals.

[Showbags]

Shoulda seen what he did to the exhaust pipe..

[TomYumpoochai]

Maybe time to realize that those beautiful and intelligent animals should not be kept in captivity for our entertainment!!

Have you even been to khao yai? Its a bloody huge national park and kee chang piles stretch for 20km on the road. Captive? Yeah of course.

Try googling things up before posting dum bass replies

[TomYumpoochai]

There seemed to be nothing behind the vehicle with plenty of time for the driver to engage reverse but seems couldn't even engage brain!......or do they all leave samon at home as soon as they get behind the wheel? Perhaps more of his herd could be recruited as more effective traffic police?

He was unable to reverse because the man with white gloves and a whistle had already run away....

I was up there early dec. When this elephant swaggered out into the road and you could tell he wasnt happy with cars being near him...

[Travelman868]

Just a warning to anyone driving through a national forest, be aware that if your vehicle resembles a female elephant, you could be in for more than you bargained for.

and anyone driving a car with those BIG exhausts are asking for trouble

[ballpoint]

Maybe time to realize that those beautiful and intelligent animals should not be kept in captivity for our entertainment!!

Did you engage your capable brain before typing your post?

Since this was an intelligent, wild elephant at home in his own wild environment, why the need for your belief that he was entertaining us. He was possibly aroused and thus probably angry and decided to test the structural strength of a nearby Honda, whose owner obviously was too terrified to make a reverse movement.

In doing so he managed to be more entertaining than one of those poor captive tamed creatures we see with a monkey perched on their head.

On the other hand, they could shoot the brute and prevent a recurrence?

That's a little harsh on the brute. They could just tell him not to drive his Honda so close to elephants in future.

[snowyy73]

In 1993 i worked at the radar site in and out morning and night for 7 months, never saw one elephant! but since then the whole area has changed.lots of hotels and the road from pakchong was resurfaced which has enticed more and more cars to enter the park.In those days there was a ban on camping but like lots of things if someone can see a few bhat to be made then the rules will change

[MaiChai]

Isn't that the lady at PTT cleaning the windscrean?

[billd766]

Maybe time to realize that those beautiful and intelligent animals should not be kept in captivity for our entertainment!!

Perhaps you should realise that Khao Yai is not your normal size prison.

It covers 300 sq/km and they are as the post says wild elephants who roam over a large area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khao_Yai_National_Park

[Showbags]

I think this situation needs Davids cool calm approach to sorting out a hostile force...