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Rare twin elephants born in Ayutthaya
Published on 08/06/2024
» AYUTTHAYA: A 36-year-old elephant named Chamchuree has given birth to a pair of male and female calves, a rare event for the animal, according to the Phra Kochaban Foundation.
Ayutthaya celebrates Elephant Day
Published on 13/03/2021
» AYUTTHAYA: Dozens of elephants were treated to a fruit banquet on Saturday in the country’s ancient capital, continuing an annual event that has been a big draw for foreign tourists in the hope they will return soon.
Caught out in a virus world
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 21/10/2020
» Back in June, Thailand was again in the headlines when UK-based animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP) released video footage showing a mahout using a bullhook to jab a two-year-old elephant to separate it from its mother. It wasn't a new tactic, but it infuriated people on social media.
Full steam ahead for Ayutthaya
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/07/2020
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will launch a special trip to Ayutthaya with a good old-fashioned steam locomotive to celebrate the 68th birthday of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua on July 28.
Where rivers collide
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 03/11/2016
» Sri Suwanna-Benja, 64, slowly climbs down the pier's stairs. She is overweight and her legs don't seem to be strong enough to carry her. Cautiously, Sri gets to the long-tailed boat with her granddaughter's help. However, once on board, she gets into position, revs the engine and manoeuvres the vessel like she were playing with an old toy.
Cops link poison to Khlao
News, Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 16/07/2014
» Ayutthaya police yesterday seized two saws and pesticide believed to have been used to poison a 50-year-old elephant to death during a raid of local communities near where the bull was killed.
Bull elephant, 50, poisoned for its tusks
News, Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 12/07/2014
» A 50-year-old bull elephant was poisoned to death and its tusks cut off yesterday morning in Ayutthaya, police say.
Hunt for killers of famous elephant
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 11/07/2014
» AYUTTHAYA - Police, soldiers and local officials combed nearby communities Friday after a 50-year-old bull elephant, a star of movies and royal ceremony, was slain overnight and his tusks crudely sawn off.
Old elephant poisoned for his tusks
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 11/07/2014
» A 50-year-old male elephant weighing about 4.9 tonnes who had appeared in a movie about Alexander the Great was killed with poison and its one-metre-long tusks sawn off and stolen in Ayutthaya province early Friday morning.
Mahouts threaten to march on Bangkok
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 26/09/2013
» AYUTTHAYA ― Operators of private elephant shelters on Thursday are preparing to march on Bangkok with their animals to protest a proposed amendment to the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act which they said was drafted without their participation.