KANCHANABURI: Patrol teams have been set up to keep a close watch on the movement of a herd of wild elephants crossing the Kwai Noi River to forage for food on farms in Thong Pha Phum district while motorists using Highway 323 are warned to watch out for the pachyderms on the road.
Combined teams of Thong Pha Phum National Park officials, police and local residents, numbering more than 40, conducted patrols on Highway 323 along Kanchanaburi-Thong Pha Phum route in tambon Tha Khanun to alert motorists using the road to watch out for wild elephants crossing the road.
Arthit Somboon, assistant village chief of Ban Ong-ti village, said a herd of more than 20 wild elephants…
