Elephants raid local farms
published : 8 Dec 2023 at 13:34
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Manit Sanubboon
A herd of at least 100 wild elephants attacked farms in Prachin Buri this week, prompting officials to try to drive them back into the forest.
The herd, which usually stays in Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary in neighbouring Chachoengsao, descended on the farms on Monday. They raided the farms for sugar cane, pineapples and cassava that local villagers grow in the area.
On Thursday, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry ordered all agencies in Prachin Buri to stop the herd from advancing further and lead them back to the forest to protect the villagers' crops.
About 250 officials and rangers were mobilised to push the elephants back into the forest.
Officials parked pickup trucks and agricultural machinery all along the elephants' path to the forest. Drones were also used to find the herd's location.
However, officials have found other wild elephants in the area.
In total, almost 200 wild elephants are either rampaging or threatening farms in Prachin Buri, according to authorities.
Vocabulary
- advance: moving forward - การเคลื่อนไปข้างหน้า
- agricultural (adj): of the science or practice of farming - ที่เกี่ยวกับเกษตรกรรม
- cassava: a tropical plant with roots that can be cooked and eaten or made into flour - มันสำปะหลัง
- crops (noun): plants grown for food, usually on a farm - พืชผล
- descend on (verb): to come to a place, especially in an impressive way; to come to a place in large numbers - จู่โจม, มาในจำนวนมาก
- drone (noun): an aircraft (or ship) without a pilot, controlled from the ground - เครื่องบินไร้คนขับที่ควบคุมด้วยวิทยุทางไกล
- herd: a large group of animals of the same type that live and move about together - ฝูงสัตว์
- mobilise: to bring together for a particular purpose - ระดมพล
- neighbouring: located or living near or next to a place or person - ติดกัน, ที่อยู่ใกล้เคียง, ที่ตั้งอยู่ใกล้เคียง
- official: someone with an important position in an organisation - เจ้าหน้าที่
- raid (verb): to enter a place, usually using force, and steal from it - ปล้น
- rampage (verb): to behave in an uncontrolled, violent way; to be out of control in a destructive way - อาละวาด
- rangers (noun): people whose job is to take care of a park, a forest or an area of countryside - เจ้าหน้าที่ดูแลป่าหรืออุทยาน
- sanctuary: a place where birds or animals can live and be protected, especially from hunters or dangerous conditions - เขตสงวนพันธุ์สัตว์ป่า
- sugar cane (noun): a tall tropical plant with thick stems that is used for producing sugar - ต้นอ้อย, อ้อย
