Recently, the animal rescuer of government office of Thailand Ba Shu received heartbreak hour, fair elephant Plykhanoon of 20 years old is in rescue after a month, still return day lack art, it is going (2020) year will be discovered in December, there is 40 to be in bullet wound more on the body, be accepted to add to the national park around by move subsequently protect cure, misfortune is returned to cause to protect in treating a process forest member death, after Plykhanoon rescue is invalid, this incident became double tragedy.
Last year on December 10, plykhanoon is discovered in the forest land of government office of Thailand south Ba Shu, bullet wound of 40 much place is contained on the body, 2 bullet are in 3 eye lower part, advanced legs, 2 in rib, the others spreads all over facial ministry and body, although be harmed badly, but the fair elephant that this is scared only still resisted rescuer, be in composed hind, park of the state in the Kui cloth that elephant is sent near (Kui Buri National Park) accept treatment.
After a day, one is protected forest member when trying to treat the elephant that this weighs 3 tons only, be broken unfortunately dead by proboscis, the park is protected forest member one of Pichai Watcharapongpaiboon expresses, his colleague is a hero, he says: " this elephant has violent tendency, we know not to take care to kill when it protect forest member when, just be in try to protect oneself. " although produced this to remove tragedy, but the vet group of national park still endeavors to be treated for elephant, but the effort that passes a month, last weekend, the illness of Plykhanoon worsens suddenly, in weekday (on January 10) rescue is invalid.
Suporn Polpan of chief of park of the state in Kui cloth expresses, they already went all lengths save elephant life, " elephant will come to here on December 10, be in charge of look after by the animal hospital of park of the state in Kui cloth, its behavior has aggressiveness, it does not have the heal in the harm that causes from bullet. " Polpan complement expresses, when January 10, the right leg of Plykhanoon appears indecipherable strut, bring about cannot stand, because this is transferred,reach park office, want undergo surgery originally.
National park personnel did heart lungs to anabiosis for Plykhanoon art, but elephant dies unfortunately still finally, because the organ fails,autopsy result shows dead. Officials still are surveying the person of pop elephant, they think elephant encountered several armed personnel, shoot to it at the same time, after elephant is dead, police examined elephant body with metallic detector, affirm whether bullet still hides amid, finally, elephant is buried in national park.
According to estimation, thailand has 2, 000 wild elephants, the elephant amount that is raised is as adjacent as this also, in Thailand, elephant is a kind of animal that is protected, kill them highest can sentence 3 years of set term of imprisonments, be in with 1, 000 peaceful an ancient unit of weight (about 33 dollars) amerce, wild animal is protected forest member cooperating with police at present, seek the person that should be in charge of for elephant death.