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Gaur carcass found in Wang Nam Khieo

800kg male believed to have been shot to death

Gaur are seen grazing in the Khao Phaeng Ma Non-hunting Area in Nakhon Ratchasima. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The carcass of a male gaur, believed to have been shot to death, was found on Thursday near a village in Wang Nam Khieo district.

Local residents found the carcass in the bush near Khlong Sai at Moo 8 village in tambon Wang Nam Khieo, about 300 metres from Khao Yai National Park and 2km from the Khao Phaeng Ma forest, said Annop Buanual, chief of the Khao Phaeng Ma Non-hunting Area.

The dead gaur was a male, about 12 years of age, and weighed about 800 kilogrammes, he said.

Pol Col Rungroj Tang-amnat, the Wang Nam Khieo…

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