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elephants in kui buri national park under surveillance
•As•many readers will know, Kui Buri National Park, around an hour’s south of Hua Hin, is home to prachuap kiri khan
several hundred elephants, and is a worthwhile trip for any tourist or resident alike. However the park is also in close proximity to many farms, particularly pineapple farms, but also many other fruits and vegetables, and these quite often attract the elephants out of the park and into unexpected confrontations with farmers and other residents. In an attempt to reduce such incidents, the park is going to be the first in Thailand to install a ‘Smart Early Warning System’, with 25 CCTV cameras ringing the perimeter of the park, and an ‘Elephant Watch Centre’ that will be manned 24 hours a day to alert locals and park rangers if any elephants leave the park, so they can be ushered back. The system will be installed during March or April this year. In addition to this, more grassland areas and water sources within the park are to be created - experts have estimated that the current elephant population of around 300 will double in the next ten years, and will require at least 3,000 rai of grassland to sustain that number. Huai Khom Krit within Kaeng Krachan National Park has had great success in keeping elephants from wandering out of the woods by providing adequate water and food sources, as well as artificial salt licks, and it is hoped that Kui Buri can follow suit. Over recent years there have been a number of incidents between elephants and people around the Hua Hin area, although unconnected to the park, but these have resulted in deaths in one case, and also led to farmers taking their own measures to protect their crops. Vehicles have also been damaged, and any measures to try and limit such incidents must be welcomed for the safetly of all concerned.