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issue 3 12 16 January 2015
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spate of elephant attacks in khao yai national park
hua hin, THAILAND A spate of attacks by elephants in the region are thought to have been triggered by the increasing intrusion by humans on the land and roads, as well as a growing disregard for the animals and their habitat when people are visiting. In the first ten days of this year, a wild bull elephant has damaged four vehicles and caused alarm among tourists at Khao Yai National Park. On Saturday, just as a family arrived at the park to celebrate National Children’s Day, the elephant put two feet on their car’s hood. The hood was badly dented and the windshield fractured. On 1st January, the elephant damaged three vehicles. It stomped on a pickup causing a big dent, while another pickup and a taxi sustained minor damage. Fortunately, no one has been harmed in these two encounters with the big pachyderm. However last month, an elephant fatally attacked Poonsap Noknuam, 65, while she was heading home with her husband on a motorcycle on the Hua Hin-Pa La Ou Road. A passer-by chased the elephant away by honking a horn, but Poonsap died on her way to a hospital. Patarapol Maneeorn, a government veterinarian who has monitored elephants and other wild animals at the park, said elephants normally did not attack vehicles but this one might be stressed. “In the mating season, the elephant might have developed some stress. Moving vehicles might have added to the tension,” he said. Locals believe wild elephants can become aggressive because teenagers on bikes challenge or tease them with loud honks, while the amount of traffic has also increased considerably through the park.
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