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Efforts intensify to stop wild elephants entering communities, tourist sites
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 03/02/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Park rangers are trying to keep wild elephants away from communities and tourist attractions during the dry season. The measures cover a bull elephant that has killed three people, including a camper, in this northeastern province.
Wild elephants spoil New Year celebration for Korat villagers
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 31/12/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Farmers near Thap Lan National Park are in no mood to party-in the New Year, they have their hands full protecting their crops against raiding wild elephants.
Elephants retreat after night-long standoff near farmland in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 24/11/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: About 100 wild elephants retreated after a standoff with volunteers trying to protect farmland in Khon Buri district of this northeastern Thai province from Saturday night to early Sunday morning.
Villager killed by wild elephant in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 14/09/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A villager was killed in an attack by a wild elephant while foraging for mushrooms in a national forest reserve in Khon Buri district of this northeastern province on Wednesday morning, police said.
Sick wild elephant dies at plantation in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 01/09/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A wild elephant died on Thursday night at a cassava plantation in Khon Buri district. It had collapsed because of sickness and was found by villagers earlier that same night.
Jumbo jam: wild elephants strand tourists in Khao Yai
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/12/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A large number of tourists were left stranded on a road out of Khao Yai National Park for over an hour after a long holiday when the road to Pak Chong district was blocked by wild elephants late on Monday afternoon.
Elephant incursions a growing problem in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 29/10/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A local leader has called on authorities to seriously address the problem of wild elephants from Thap Lan National Park invading farmland and destroying crops in this northeastern province.
Over 100 wild elephants brought back to forest
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 10/09/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Herds of more than 100 wild elephants were successfully driven back to Thap Lan National Park in this northeastern province, after they were seen lingering near communities in Khon Buri district on Monday.
Elephant herd flattens hundreds of farmer's coconut trees
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/11/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A small herd of wild elephants rampaged through a coconut plantation in Khon Buri district on Sunday night, the fourth time the herd has raided the farm.
Male elephant used tusks to gore female to death
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 28/09/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A female elephant found dead on a cassava planation just outside Thap Lan National Park was gored to death by a male using its tusks, say veterinarians.