Officials examine the dead elephant before burying it, at Kui Buri National Park headquarters in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Sunday. (Photo: Chaiwat Satyaem)
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A wild elephant being treated for multiple gunshot wounds by veterinarians at Kui Buri National Park died on Sunday.
The elephant was suffering from more than 40 wounds caused by various kinds of firearms, and had killed one park official while being treated.
Suporn Pholphan, chief of the Kui Buri National Park, said it was a bull elephant, 20-25 years of age and weighed about 3 tonnes.
The injured animal was found at Tha Wang Hin village in tambon Khao Chao in Pran Buri district on Dec 10.
The elephant had become vicious, and was sedated and taken to the national park headquarters in Kui Buri district for treatment. Despite the…
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