Baby Elephant Caught in Snare Trap Rescued by Park Rangers (Thailand)
Baby Elephant Caught in Snare Trap Rescued by Park Rangers (Thailand)
Chiang Rai Times
November 30, 2021
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Park rangers in eastern Thailand’s Chanthaburi province rescued a baby
elephant injured after falling into a snare trap. Snares are anchored
cable, wire or rope nooses set to catch wild animals.
The baby elephant was spotted in a snare trap by villagers in Khao Sip Ha
Chan National Park in Kaeng Hang Maeo district in Chanthaburi. Park rangers
and veterinarians from the Protected Areas Regional Office 2 moved in to
save its life.
Ruamsilp Manajongprasert, directing park ranger of the office, said he
mobilised park rangers and rescuers to help the baby bull elephant, aged
around three months.
The little elephant had been tangled up inside a snare trap set up by
wildlife poachers.
The baby elephant was moved to a park ranger station to receive treatment
from veterinarians and have the rope disentangled from his feet.
A day of extra care was given to the animal before it was released back
into the wild due to wounds caused by thorns in the trap.
On its Facebook account, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and
Plant Conservation commented that snare traps made with simple tools pose a
deadly threat to wildlife. This is because animals struggling to escape
often end up tightening the traps and wounding themselves further.
Park rangers have been also deployed across the country to monitor and
curtail the use of these life-threatening traps that are commonly found in
conservation areas.
Meanwhile, police report a 54-year-old man died after being stomped to
death by a wild elephant in Chanthaburi, the fifth such death this month.
According to Pol Capt Kritsakorn Kamolphob, deputy inspector in Khaeng Hang
Maew police, the incident took place near the Klong Hang Maew catchment
project.
According to police, the man was repeatedly stomped by the elephant, his
body was sent for an autopsy. Wild elephants were also seen roaming around
the site.
Due to the deaths of five villagers by wild elephants this month, the
province is now also warning people to stay away from the animals because
it is now the mating season. This often causes their behaviour to become
erratic.