Wild elephant kills one villager, seriously injures another in Chanthaburi

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Wild elephant kills one villager, seriously injures another in Chanthaburi

 

 

CHANTHABURI: -- Wild elephants from Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary ransacked homes and plantations in Kaeng Hang Maeo district of Chanthaburi province and killed one villager before dawn today.

 

Another villager was also seriously injured.

 

Villagers said a herd of wild elephants came out of the wildlife sanctuary for food in Tambon Khunsong ransacking homes and plantations of villagers.

 

One villager who went tapping rubber latex along with other neighbours at a rubber plantation was killed by a bull elephant.

 

He was later identified as Thongdang Tumnanork, 46.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/wild-elephant-kills-one-villager-seriously-injures-another-chanthaburi/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-12-20

[TheFishman1]

Well maybe if the elephants where treated better and given the proper amount of food saying that TIT

[Carib]

7 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

Well maybe if the elephants where treated better and given the proper amount of food saying that TIT

 

This is about wild elephants.

[Beats56]

2 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Well maybe if the elephants where treated better and given the proper amount of food saying that TIT

But they were wild and on their own. Not anyone's property. I don't trust even tame pacaderms. Unpredictable in.my opinion.

[licka]

2 hours ago, Carib said:

 

This is about wild elephants.

And rubber trees that was probably the elephants feeding ground when it was forest