An invasion of elephants in a rubber plantation in Chanthaburi



CHANTHABURI: -- A big herd of about 70 adult elephants and cubs have encroached on a rubber plantation in Chanthaburi’s Kaeng Hang Maew district apparently in search of food and water.

Officials of Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary were alerted of the presence of the elephants on Thursday by Mrs Prayoon Ritthiwong, a villager of Tambon Pawa in Kaeng Hang Maew.

Wildlife officials with the backup of military personnel and local administrators were later rushed to the rubber plantation where they found the elephants foraging for food.

The officials said that the elephants were of the same herd which encroached on the same area a few months ago and they were chased back to their habitat in the mountains.

They assumed that the elephants might have been driven by shortage of food and water in the jungle to the rubber plantation to forage for food and water as the rubber plantation is close to fruit orchards where many tropical fruits such as durian, rambutan, banana and mangosteen were aplenty now.

The herd has been placed under watch around the clock by officials to ensure that the animals will not stray into communities and harm the villagers.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/an-invasion-of-elephants-in-a-rubber-plantation-in-chanthaburi


-- Thai PBS 2015-05-28

Those 'cubs' can be cute though.

Do the elephants damage the rubber plantation at all? Just curious. Obviously they make it hard for the workers to move through the plantation.

Any other damage beyond generous amounts of free fertilizer?

they just looking for condoms 70 is A LOT

Hey, Elephants gotta eat, too!

Let nature be and please protect the flock.... These are precious animals and must be protected at all times

Those 'cubs' can be cute though.

Your right, if you are going to write a story about elephants you would think you would take the time to find out that elephants have calves.

Mistakes like that make you wonder about the accuracy of the rest of the story.

Let nature be and please protect the flock.... These are precious animals and must be protected at all times

Why?

Free fertiliser for the trees to produce Elephant Rubber.