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Campers survive overnight elephant attack

Wildlife officials escort the campers and their guide off Doi Mon Chong mountain to Omkoi Widlife Sanctuary headquarters on Sunday, after their campsite was destroyed overnight by wild elephants. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)

CHIANG MAI: A couple overnighting on a nature study tour were lucky to escape serious injury when their tent was knocked down and their campsite destroyed by wild elephants, in Omkoi Wildlife Sanctuary in the small hours of Sunday.

The man suffered bruising  from a blow through the tent wall, and the couple spent the rest of the night fearful that the animals would return.   

The sanctuary quicky issued an announcement shutting down the nature study programme.

The study tour covered a natural trail on Doi Mon Chong, a small mountain within the park straddling Chiang Mai and Tak…

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