How low can you go? Police seek person who stole elephant tusk after accident

[webfact]

How low can you go? Police seek person who stole elephant tusk after accident

 

Image: Krobkruakao

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Police are looking for a thief who stole a tusk after a collision that killed a wild elephant on the Lampang to Chiang Mai road on Saturday night.

 

The eight year old elephant - part of a project to return animals to the wild - ended up crushed under the front of the Route 99 Bangkok to Chiang Mai service , reported Krobkruakao.

 

The driver was seriously hurt in the smash but is out of danger. Narit Jittrong has been charged with negligent driving. Some 25 passengers were uninjured.

 

Following the accident someone stole the dead elephant's 70cm long left tusk.

 

Reporters found that there are at least ten signs in the area warning motorists of elephants.

 

The elephant was described as "playful and not fierce" and had probably ventured from the forest to look for food. The accident happened one kilometer from the Hang Chat highway checkpoint.

 

Authorities are looking into the possibility of erecting an electrified fence in the area to prevent further accidents.

 

Source: Krobkruakao

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-10-03

[Chicog]

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Reporters found that there are at least ten signs in the area warning motorists of elephants.

 

Yes but somchai the bus driver isn't you're average thinking motorist, is he?

[Honthy]

 

Thai bus and van drivers have practically 2 gears. The first lets you run 0 km/hour and the next top speed...

 in my 6 years here, i could never ever seen any other speed between...... This must be a national habit ....

[Colabamumbai]

Surprised he did not take the elephant shit for the coffee beans!!!

[gdgbb]

It's roadkill, what's the big deal?

[slapout]

I can remember many things that have transpired in Thailand that I considered  as much lower than someone or thing picking up a part of a cut off tusk on a dead elephant.

 

Maybe it went into stewpot (roadkill) maybe a soi dog got it, it may be laying in the tall grass hidden from view. It is not anything I would get upset about but different strokes for different folks.

[mcfish]

Who cares what people do with a dead animal

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[fish monger]

How low can you go....? 5555   I'm sure you could ask any cop on the street that question and I bet they can give you some pretty wild answers. Since they are pretty good at it themselves........

[metisdead]

An inflammatory post toward other posters has been removed.  

[Sphere]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Following the accident someone stole the dead elephant's 70cm long left tusk.

 

Tsk Tsk.....shame on him/her, whoever that was.

[SOTIRIOS]

...another example of what reverential Buddhists are capable of....

[alfalfa19]

This is not nearly as low as some industries which are standard, and condoned/enforced by BIB, such as the decades long jet ski scam. 

[naboo]

Police are just upset that someone else got there first.

[Krataiboy]

Bit like pocketing a windfall apple, really. 

[JHolmesJr]

Tusk, tusk....

[Ulic]

The police thought they had first dibs but were sniped.

Edited October 3, 2016 by Ulic

[The Old Bull]

19 hours ago, Honthy said:

 

Thai bus and van drivers have practically 2 gears. The first lets you run 0 km/hour and the next top speed...

 in my 6 years here, i could never ever seen any other speed between...... This must be a national habit ....

All Thai buses are way under powered ,it takes them quite a while to get up a good speed. When they do they will do anything to avoid slowing down.

[Honthy]

On 04/10/2016 at 10:17 AM, The Old Bull said:

All Thai buses are way under powered ,it takes them quite a while to get up a good speed. When they do they will do anything to avoid slowing down.

yes, far beyond the common sense....5555

Anyhow it is not quite sure in case of minivans and long-range buses. In BKK , yes....

[balo]

On 10/7/2016 at 0:06 PM, Honthy said:

es, far beyond the common sense....5555

Anyhow it is not quite sure in case of minivans and long-range buses. In BKK , yes....

 

Just be careful next time you cross the road will you ?  I hate to see elephants killed in this way , a very unnecessary death . 

 

 

 

[Honthy]

On 10/10/2016 at 2:08 AM, balo said:

 

Just be careful next time you cross the road will you ?  I hate to see elephants killed in this way , a very unnecessary death . 

 

 

 

Anyone, who's  tried to cross a road even on zebra crossing in Hua Hin, Song Kha or any other town in Thailand and he is still in the  state of answering agree with you