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    Park Officials Criticised after Asian Black Bear’s Falls from Helicopter in Khao Yai

    NAKHON RATCHASIMA – Wildlife activists Sunday strongly criticised Khao Yai National Park officials for allowing a rescued Asian black bear to fall to its death from a helicopter during an operation to return it to nature.

    Thongchai Saengprathum, secretary of the Khao Yai Foundation, said that the officials concerned should face legal action for negligence during the February 11 incident.

    According to The Nation, the bear woke up aboard the helicopter while it was being flown into the national park in Prachin Buri. It had not been put inside a cage but was instead covered by a net and put on board. As the helicopter flew over forest land, the animal panicked and fell to its death.

    The young bear, which weighed about 90 kilograms, had been found injured in November last year and officials took it for rehabilitation until it was fully recovered.

    Thongchai said the accident could have been avoided as Khao Yai National Park had been a role model for other parks in its handling of rescued wild animals.

    He said the park officials made a wrong decision to fly the bear in a helicopter because other wild animals were earlier transported in trucks to be released back to nature.

    Park Officials Criticised after Asian Black Bear?s Falls from Helicopter in Khao Yai National Park | Chiang Rai Times English Language Newspaper

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    Sometimes, it gives you pause, and you just have to ponder how utterly fucking stupid these people are.

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    Aww c'mon, a bear in a net in a helicopter?

    Who could have foreseen a problem there?



    No mention of it even being tranquilised.

    Fokn idiots.

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    They simply cannot foresee the likely consequences of their actions beyond the desired intention.
    Truly, a very stupid people who, if the laws of evolution had been maintained, would have been extinct a long time ago.

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    It's worse than that. The bear was flying the helicopter.

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    Ha. Oh my dear lord, this story though....lucky the bear didn't grab someone on the way out.

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    More likely when the bear started rousing they realised they'd soon have a fully awake, freaking out bear on board and heaved it out.

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    ^That's the first thing I thought as well. I probably would have. Of course I never would have been in this circumstance, so there's that...

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    Quote Originally Posted by kmart
    Sometimes, it gives you pause, and you just have to ponder how utterly fucking stupid these people are.
    how long you have been living here ? should know the answer now

    and their stupidity is contagious, so we farangs need be careful

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    They simply cannot foresee the likely consequences of their actions beyond the desired intention.
    Truly, a very stupid people who, if the laws of evolution had been maintained, would have been extinct a long time ago.
    To be fair, it's not genetic, it's the education system for the last 50 years designed to make them dumb.
    Have to keep the elite elite, which you can't do with peasants who can think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Digby Fantona View Post
    It's worse than that. The bear was flying the helicopter.
    Frankly the bear would have done a better job.

    They could fuk up a cup of tea these people.

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    Maybe it was an Isaan prostitute without any clothes on

    She's Asian, black, and bare

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragonfly View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by kmart
    Sometimes, it gives you pause, and you just have to ponder how utterly fucking stupid these people are.
    how long you have been living here ? should know the answer now

    and their stupidity is contagious, so we farangs need be careful
    Yep. Sometimes you take the general, all-pervading stupidity for granted, and even use it to your advantage.
    Occasionally though, you get some real, out-of-the-box, lateral-unthinking fuckwittery that is staggering in its originality and refusal to be explained.

    Shouldn't be too surprised really, they were pushing people out of helicopters not very long ago, for not having a portrait of Elvis in their hovels. Sadly, the bears are a little bit more thin on the ground.

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    Who pushed the bear?

    RIP. I do not like unnecessary deaths.

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    Bad weather blamed for bear’s death plunge from chopper

    A MEMBER of a team responsible for reintroducing a bear back into nature yesterday said the animal’s fatal plunge from a helicopter was an unavoidable accident caused by sudden turbulent weather.

    Thanatip Chaiyos, a volunteer photographer, was part of a mission to move the five-year-old Asian black bear back to forest, which ended tragically on February 11, sparking criticism from wildlife activists.

    The bear had been found wandering into villagers’ houses and eating their crops on November 30 last year.

    A team of vets, park officials and Thanatip then captured the bear near Wangmuang waterfall in Nakhon Nayok’s Pakplee district.

    Over the following weeks, the animal was cared for and received regular medical check-ups in preparation for its return to forest. It was also fitted with a collar and tag for enable further monitoring.

    The authorities involved decided to transfer the bear back to the deep forest to prevent it from wandering out again so a helicopter was the most suitable choice of transport, Thanatip said.

    He said that as the route could take them hundreds of kilometres deep into the forest, if a car was used, there would be the danger that the tranquillised bear would wake up along the way. “This was not the first time that we had transported animals by helicopter,” he said.

    On the day of the accident, the sedated bear was put in a net suspended from a hook under the helicopter.

    Thanatip said that the incident took place as the helicopter flew to a place near Nangrong waterfall when it hit air turbulence, causing it to swing back and forth.

    The weight of the bear worsened the swinging of the aircraft, making it more difficult for the pilot to control it. “The chopper swung for a while and I saw something falling down. The pilot landed and found that the net with the bear inside had disappeared. Examining the hook, they also found that it come loose. Maybe that is how the bear fell,” he said.

    Thanatip said no one could have predicted the sudden change in weather and that the bear’s death was a tragic accident.

    He added that the operation had been well-prepared and planned carefully. “No one wants an incident like this to happen,” Thanatip said.

    Earlier, Thongchai Saengprathum, secretary of the Khao Yai Foundation, strongly criticised park officials for allowing the bear to fall to its death, adding that people concerned should face legal action for negligence.

    Reports had claimed that the bear woke up in mid-air while it was being flown into the national park in Prachin Buri, and that as the helicopter flew over forestland, the animal panicked and fell to its death.

    Thongchai said the accident could have been avoided as Khao Yai National Park had been a role model for other parks in its handling of rescued wild animals.

    Meanwhile, the National Parks and Wildlife Department has set up a panel to investigate the accident leading to the bear’s death.

    Bad weather blamed for bear?s death plunge from chopper

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit
    the National Parks and Wildlife Department has set up a panel to investigate the accident
    ...the members of which have already booked their tickets for a fact-finding tour of falling bears in European capitals...

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    Quote Originally Posted by GracelessFawn
    Who pushed the bear?
    No one. A clear case of suicide.

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    Well, that does it all sound a tad less ridiculous then the initial report. Assuming this isn't a giant bear sized cover up

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    Oh its getting better. Thai men will be Thai boys. Make up a lie and blame a problem on somebody else.
    Bad weather blamed for bear’s death plunge from chopper

    BANGKOK: -- A MEMBER of a team responsible for reintroducing a bear back into nature yesterday said the animal’s fatal plunge from a helicopter was an unavoidable accident caused by sudden turbulent weather.

    Thanatip Chaiyos, a volunteer photographer, was part of a mission to move the five-year-old Asian black bear back to forest, which ended tragically on February 11, sparking criticism from wildlife activists.

    The bear had been found wandering into villagers’ houses and eating their crops on November 30 last year.

    A team of vets, park officials and Thanatip then captured the bear near Wangmuang waterfall in Nakhon Nayok’s Pakplee district.

    Full story: Bad weather blamed for bear?s death plunge from chopper
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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one
    an unavoidable accident
    ......

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Oh its getting better. Thai men will be Thai boys. Make up a lie and blame a problem on somebody else.
    Bad weather blamed for bear’s death plunge from chopper
    Exactly AO. How many times has any Thai driver crashed their car/bike then said "it was my fault". The answer to that would be NEVER, it's always brake failure or a dog running onto the road etc etc etc. They must hate CCTV and dash cams these days that catches them out lying thru their teeth continuously .

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit
    the bear woke up aboard the helicopter
    Quote Originally Posted by misskit
    the sedated bear was put in a net suspended from a hook under the helicopter.
    Hmmmm....

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    Another unexplained death in custody. It's getting too much to bear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Another unexplained death in custody. It's getting too much to bear.
    Groan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by aging one
    an unavoidable accident
    ......
    Err, the fact that turbulent weather whilst airborne in a helicopter in a tropical climate is an unforeseen event or the fact that the bear was captured and transported by retarded chickenheads too fucking dumb to comprehend just how fucking dumb they are?

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