Thread: Village Head Stomped to Death by Wild Elephants Near Khao Yai National Park

NAKHON RATCHASIMA – National Park Officials and police have reported that a local village leader was stomped to death by a herd of wild elephants after he and another villager lit firecrackers to scare them away.


The hungry jumbos were roaming sugarcane plantations near Khao Yai national park in Pak Chong district. Instead of running away at the sound of the firecrackers, the animals charged the two men.


Boonruang Anuraksa, 61, chairman of the Pong Talong tambon administration organisation (TAO), was badly hurt in the attack late Tuesday night. He died shortly after being taken to Pak Chong Nana Hospital, said Pol Lt Col Khemmachart Paedkaew, told the Bangkok Post.


Yiam Maomeesri, 44, a local resident, told police that Boonruang had asked him on Tuesday night to help guard sugarcane plantations near the national park as wild elephants often came out from the forest to eat crops.


Late that night, he said, the sound of elephants was heard, and the men went out to investigate. They saw a herd of four elephants, aged around 12-15 years old, eating sugarcane.


The two men lit firecrackers in a bid to scare them away – but instead of fleeing, the jumbos charged. He and the TAO leader ran for safety, but the elephants managed to reach Mr Boonruang and stomped him, Thai media reported.


Pol Lt Col Khemmachart and national park officials inspected the scene on Wednesday.

They believed the elephants might have been frightened by the sound of the firecrackers, causing them to attack the two men.

Village Head Stomped to Death by Wild Elephants Near Khao Yai National Park | Chiang Rai Times English Language Newspaper

Originally Posted by misskit

They believed the elephants might have been frightened by the sound of the firecrackers, causing them to attack the two men.

We don't need TD CSI to solve this one...

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

We don't need TD CSI to solve this one...

Put they have to do a proper investigation. Perhaps it was ghosts or evil spirits.

^If the headman had been wearing his TD amulet, this probably wouldn't have happened.. Just sayin'.

No doubt the plantations were encroaching on these pachyderms home

So what, kill all the tuskers now?...

These elephants are now man hunters , once a man hunter always a man hunter, therefore the rogue elephants must be culled.
The tusks can be sold and used as compensation for the victims family.

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

So what, kill all the tuskers now?...

Well, yes, unless they have a good reason for their actions, like being drunk or on yaabaa

Originally Posted by cyrille

Well, yes, unless they have a good reason for their actions, like being drunk or on yaabaa

That would still leave 93% of the wild elephant population alive.
As anyone who knows anything about wild elephant's and Asian /Thai elephant's would know it's a very small minority that possess tusks.

There's a U.K rescue charity that lets you adopt a wild elephant and they even send you a certificate with Dumbos picture.
These elephants could be adopted by old buffalo English have lot of money good Farang.
Can follow your elephants on tindle app.wildlifrescue.com

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