Male elephant used tusks to gore female to death

Male elephant used tusks to gore female to death

Signs of struggle seen at site where carcass was found near Thap Lan National Park

Thap Lan National Park officials and vets examine the carcass of a female elephant found dead on Friday at a cassava plantation in Soeng Sang district in Nakhon Ratchasimak. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)
Thap Lan National Park officials and vets examine the carcass of a female elephant found dead on Friday at a cassava plantation in Soeng Sang district in Nakhon Ratchasimak. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A female elephant found dead on a cassava planation just outside Thap Lan National Park was gored to death by a male using its tusks, say veterinarians.

Prawit Saengsakul, the head of management area 3 (Lam Plai Mat) of the park, on Saturday led a team of veterinarians to examine the carcass of the female elephant, aged over 40 years old, on the plantation in tambon Non Somboon of Soeng Sang district, about 400 metres from the park boundary.

Local residents alerted park officials after finding the dead jumbo on Friday morning.

Vets found more than 10 stab wounds on the body of the female pachyderm. The largest wound was in the head. Traces of a struggle and footprints of the two elephants were scattered over the area. The vets believe the attacker was a male elephant living in the area.

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