A herd of around 50 wild elephants has migrated into farmland in Loei province in northeast Thailand, destroying 2000 rai of crops so far. There is no sign of them retreating into the forest.
Recently, around 50 elephants migrated into agricultural land in the Phra Kradueng district from the Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary.
No wonder the elephants moved away from their home given the goodies on offer – the herd has worked their way through entire fields of sugarcane, bamboo, bananas, and cassava and even chomped on rubber trees.
So far, an area of 2000 rai has been destroyed, severely impacting farmers’ livelihoods. The herd have shown no signs of retreating and farmers have not attempted to harvest any crops out of fear.
Phra Kradueng District Chief Phuriwat Chotinparat said that a team of people have been assembled to try and figure out how to drive the herd back to the…
