Trat: More than 10 wild elephants invaded and ate pineapple shoots. The orchard owner notified officials to help push them out, but it was difficult because the elephants are aggressive and in musth during this time. Officials from Khlong Kaew Waterfall National Park and volunteers who are monitoring wild elephants helped push 10 wild elephants out. The sound they heard was the sound of a baby cracking (a baby cracking is a loud sound) to push the elephants back into the forest last night.
According to Thai News Agency, after Ms. Kesmanee, the owner of a rubber and pineapple plantation in Chang Thun Subdistrict, Bo Rai District, Trat Province, asked for help from officials because 10 wild elephants had invaded her pineapple and rubber plantation, officials brought forces to help push the elephants out. It was found that the 10 wild elephants were scattered to eat pineapple shoots in Ms. Kesmanee's pineapple plantation, causing significant damage. Officials spread out to push them out using baby elephants to drive them out, which was difficult because the elephants were currently in musth and acting aggressively. They had to follow and push the elephants out from the evening until late at night before they could be pushed back into the forest. However, they had to keep a watchful eye on the safety of the villagers. Officials announced that they were strictly forbidden from tapping rubber trees or working in the plantation, for fear that the elephants would harm them and kill them.
Mrs. Kesmanee said that there were officials who came to patrol the area all the time, but the elephant was hungry, came down to look for food and entered the villagers' agricultural areas. This time, it stayed for many days and refused to return to the forest. Therefore, she would like to ask for an agency to help and compensate for the damage because this has happened many times. The pineapple plantation area is 34 rai. This time, she does not know how much damage has been done.