PRACHIN BURI: A national park ranger was murdered by a wild elephant while trying to run after it away from village farms in Nadi district of this far eastern province late upon Sunday night.
Arthit Phiewngam was leading village volunteers at Wang Ai Pong town in tambon Kaeng Si Do in wanting to drive away “Si Do Lamud”, an outrageous elephant from Thap Lan National Park. For the past five several weeks the elephant continues to be raiding villages plus farms for food in tambon Kaeng Si Do almost every day, causing popular damage.
Two people had already been seriously injured by the elephant, and the villagers were living in fearfulness.
Suriya Utarapas, the community chief, said he or she, Arthit and volunteers rushed to the edge of the village upon Sunday night right after learning that Cuando Do Lamud got again been sighted.
Because they tried to push the particular elephant away from the village it attacked Arthit, who failed to get out of the way. It stomped him in to the ground, until their body was half buried, Mr Suriya said.
Arthit was seriously injured and has been rushed to Nadi Hospital, where he had been later pronounced dead.