Drone used to track 2 surviving elephants in Khao Yai
published : 7 Oct 2019 at 10:17
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
A drone has been used to locate two elephants that survived a fall down a waterfall in Khao Yai National Park, a veterinarian said on Sunday.
Chananya Kanchanasakha, a veterinarian of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, said a drone was flown over the area near Haew Narok waterfall in the national park where eight elephants were found on Saturday morning. Six of them drowned and two survived.
Chananya confirmed the number of dead elephants was at six. As of 8pm Thai time, an operation to remove the carcasses was yet to be successful.
Park officials are tracking the footprints of the two surviving elephants believed to return to the forests.
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Vocabulary
- carcass: the body of a dead animal - ซาก
- drone (noun): an aircraft (or ship) without a pilot, controlled from the ground - เครื่องบินไร้คนขับที่ควบคุมด้วยวิทยุทางไกล
- drown: to sink under water and die - จมน้ำ
- track: to follow the course of a moving object such as a ship, aircraft or animal using special equipment - ติดตาม, ตามรอย
- veterinarian: a person with a medical degree trained to take care of the health of animals - สัตวแพทย์
- Keywords
- elephants
- national park
- surviving elephants