12 October 2023 at 11:26 PUBLISHED
The fight between locals and wild animals has gotten worse, according to a community of people who have been threatened by wild animals, who complained to the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The problem was received by Jet Anukulpokarat, director of the House of Representatives’ complaint-receiving business, on behalf of House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha. It was submitted by 10 community members.
According to the community, wild animals from the Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary, which spans the regions of Chachoengsao, Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Rayong, and Prachin Buris, have been foraging for food for the past 20 years, seriously harming farmers’ home, flowers, or vegetables.
Both people and wild elephants have suffered many fatalities and injuries as a result of this issue, according to the report.
To properly address the issue, the community is pleading with the House to pass legislation.
In one of the most recent incidents, a farmer was killed on October 7 while rubber-taping on his farm when he was attacked by an elephant from the sanctuary.
Two volunteers were hurt on Tuesday while attempting to push wild elephants back into the forest in the Sanam Chaikhet city of Chachoengsao.
A young adult wild elephant, around 5 years old, was discovered dead on Wednesday in a bush close to the Moo 12 community in Tha Kradan. Nine bullet wounds were discovered when the corpse was examined by habitat officials, police, and local authorities. The creature was thought to have been shot by angry people with a 9mm gun. In addition, & nbsp,
The locals have also asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to create a plan to travel the wild elephants back into the animals sanctuary and create e-blockade to reduce their return, thus preventing further damage to people’s property, according to Suwichan Suwanannakha, secretary-general of the network.