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Two wild elephants, roughly aged between 20 and 25 and 30 and 35 years, met a tragic end due to electrocution in Surat Thani province. The elephants fell victim to an electric fence positioned by a local durian orchard farmer in Tai Rom Yen National Park located within Kanchanadit, a district in southern Thailand.
The incident occurred on October 12, when the elephants were discovered lifeless at 11am.
The local veterinarian team, following a distress call from residents, found the two elephants, one male and one female, on a nearby road. The elephants weighed 3.5 tonnes and 2.5 tonnes respectively.
A grim discovery revealed wires wrapped around their trunks, leading to a nearby house occupied by a 43 year old man identified only as Jaroon. The Surat Thani police quickly stepped in, bringing him in for further…
