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3 Elephants die mysteriously in Hua Hin.
3 Elephants die mysteriously in Hua Hin.
Got to be the saddest photograph i have seen since living in Thailand
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Need a link or a photo but.......if it's really that bad perhaps just the story of what happened is best.
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http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... in-hua-hin
Lightning strike perhaps? See also - http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -buffaloes
Lightning strike perhaps? See also - http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -buffaloes
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The way they are lying together, makes it look like something sudden like lightning.....but I'm defiantly not an expert on this.
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'defiantly' or 'definitely'! .... lol
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Whatever way you look at it, it's incredibly sad. If the guy who "confessed" truly is guilty, name and shame him and with a bit of luck he'll get his just deserts...
The question is however, why the hell would he have done it?
The question is however, why the hell would he have done it?
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Yeah had to be lightning - there should be burn marks on the bodies.
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Pharvey is referring to the top link in Frank's post. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... in-hua-hinpharvey wrote:Whatever way you look at it, it's incredibly sad. If the guy who "confessed" truly is guilty, name and shame him and with a bit of luck he'll get his just deserts...
The question is however, why the hell would he have done it?
It confused me, as I'm pretty sure that's not the same article that the link took us to yesterday. Anyway...
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - The manager of a farm close to the Kaeng Krachan National Park has confessed to killing three wild elephants which were found dead in a district of Hua Hin on Wednesday. INN reported...
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Three elephants might be killed by electrocution
Three wild elephants which were found dead mysteriously near Kaeng Krachan National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province today might be killed by electrocution.
According to veterinarians conducting autopsy on the three dead bodies of the elephants, they found that the tip of the truck of a baby elephant was cut off with sharpened blade.
This indicated that the one-year-old baby elephant might contact the high-voltage electrical wire with its trunk which villagers always used to fence off wild elephants from entering their orchard or farms.
The trunk tip might have burning trace after contacting the high-voltage wire and the wrongdoer then cut it off to conceal the guilt, the official said.
It was the nature of elder elephants to come in to help the younger and then were also electrocuted, one wildlife officer inspecting the scene said.
Meanwhile by late this evening, wildlife officials have gained a significant evidence from the scene.
The evidence indicated that the electric fence was freshly removed after the three elephants were electrocuted in order to conceal their crime.
The police will move in tomorrow to have thorough check of the area to find the wrongdoer or doers for trial.
The three elephants, all from the same family were found dead near a newly-dug pond in a village in Huai Sat Yai sub-district.
The three elephants, one male and two females, were found lying near one another.
The officials assume they were a family. The bull is believed to have aged around 10 years and it had its 30 centimeter tusks intact.
Lying next to him was a female elephant aged around 6-7 years and a one-year-old cub.
The officials believe they were a family because an elephant cub is normally dependant on their parents.
All the dead elephants had blood coming out from their eyes and mouths.
However, no gun-shot wound was found on their bodies while there was no sign that they were beaten to death. Many elephant footprints were also found around the pond.
Chief of the Kaeng Krachan National Park Mr Kamol Nuanyai told reporters that the site where the elephants were found dead was not part of the national park.
He said the dead elephants were part of the 15-member herd.
They were last seen by park officials yesterday afternoon at the border of the national park.
He said he believed the elephants died yesterday evening because they bodies began swelling and sending rotten smell.
He said the dead elephants will be moved to Hub Tao area not far from the site where autopsy would be conducted to find the exact cause of their deaths.
Initial investigation suspected that they might die from eating chemical substance or insecticide because they had been feeding near villagers’ farms.
However, a cut wound was found on a trunk of the deceased elephant cub which also leads the officials to suspect that they might have died from other causes, especially electrocution.
They say the elephants could have been electrocuted by an electric fence and the end tip of the cub’s trunk was cut off to conceal the burn wound. The officials are investigating if any high voltage eclectic fence is used in the area. They are also tracing routes that the herd uses.
The Kaeng Krachan National Park is home to three herds of 370 elephants.
In the past, many elephants from the national park have died from food poisoning and killed by hunters and villagers.
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/three- ... ctrocution
Three wild elephants which were found dead mysteriously near Kaeng Krachan National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province today might be killed by electrocution.
According to veterinarians conducting autopsy on the three dead bodies of the elephants, they found that the tip of the truck of a baby elephant was cut off with sharpened blade.
This indicated that the one-year-old baby elephant might contact the high-voltage electrical wire with its trunk which villagers always used to fence off wild elephants from entering their orchard or farms.
The trunk tip might have burning trace after contacting the high-voltage wire and the wrongdoer then cut it off to conceal the guilt, the official said.
It was the nature of elder elephants to come in to help the younger and then were also electrocuted, one wildlife officer inspecting the scene said.
Meanwhile by late this evening, wildlife officials have gained a significant evidence from the scene.
The evidence indicated that the electric fence was freshly removed after the three elephants were electrocuted in order to conceal their crime.
The police will move in tomorrow to have thorough check of the area to find the wrongdoer or doers for trial.
The three elephants, all from the same family were found dead near a newly-dug pond in a village in Huai Sat Yai sub-district.
The three elephants, one male and two females, were found lying near one another.
The officials assume they were a family. The bull is believed to have aged around 10 years and it had its 30 centimeter tusks intact.
Lying next to him was a female elephant aged around 6-7 years and a one-year-old cub.
The officials believe they were a family because an elephant cub is normally dependant on their parents.
All the dead elephants had blood coming out from their eyes and mouths.
However, no gun-shot wound was found on their bodies while there was no sign that they were beaten to death. Many elephant footprints were also found around the pond.
Chief of the Kaeng Krachan National Park Mr Kamol Nuanyai told reporters that the site where the elephants were found dead was not part of the national park.
He said the dead elephants were part of the 15-member herd.
They were last seen by park officials yesterday afternoon at the border of the national park.
He said he believed the elephants died yesterday evening because they bodies began swelling and sending rotten smell.
He said the dead elephants will be moved to Hub Tao area not far from the site where autopsy would be conducted to find the exact cause of their deaths.
Initial investigation suspected that they might die from eating chemical substance or insecticide because they had been feeding near villagers’ farms.
However, a cut wound was found on a trunk of the deceased elephant cub which also leads the officials to suspect that they might have died from other causes, especially electrocution.
They say the elephants could have been electrocuted by an electric fence and the end tip of the cub’s trunk was cut off to conceal the burn wound. The officials are investigating if any high voltage eclectic fence is used in the area. They are also tracing routes that the herd uses.
The Kaeng Krachan National Park is home to three herds of 370 elephants.
In the past, many elephants from the national park have died from food poisoning and killed by hunters and villagers.
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/three- ... ctrocution
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Don't you just love auto correctHHTel wrote:'defiantly' or 'definitely'! .... lol
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There has been some updates to the story. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -elephants
Just how much power do you need to have coursing through an electric fence to kill an elephant? And presumably it would make short work of any people that happened to come into contact with it as well.
Just how much power do you need to have coursing through an electric fence to kill an elephant? And presumably it would make short work of any people that happened to come into contact with it as well.
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Normal electric fence operates at 2000v in summer and up to 4,000v winter with intermittent pulses, however milliamps so would not kill a person. To kill 3 Elephants it could not have been a commercial system and as the article said it was home made system so would have been 240VAC with possibly 20A protection if any, it may have even been three phase. Good thing a child did not come across this or they would be dead
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Funny how the police and associated authorities are able to do an autopsy and find enough forensic and material evidence so solve an elephant murder in a very short time but the murder of a human seems to be much more difficult for them...
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Not sure what you call a "normal electric fence"? Maybe you mean a security fence such as around a human goal / jail?StevePIraq wrote:Normal electric fence operates at 2000v in summer and up to 4,000v winter with intermittent pulses, however milliamps so would not kill a person. To kill 3 Elephants it could not have been a commercial system and as the article said it was home made system so would have been 240VAC with possibly 20A protection if any, it may have even been three phase. Good thing a child did not come across this or they would be dead
The design voltage will be influenced by the application. For animal control much higher voltages will be used. But as stated, the voltage is not the killer, but the current(amps). A human being MAY stand just 50 or 60 milliamps, where 200 milliamps will most likely be fatal. There are many variables, such as which part of the body the current passes through, footwear if the circuit is the ground, the general health of the victim, just to name a few.
The pulsing is not for the benefit of the victim, but rather physics. The high voltage is generated by switching the primary winding of a wound coil of wire, very similar to how a spark is generated in a car ignition system, and voltages of up to 40,000 can be found.
In this case I suspect that the perp has just thrown a wire conductor over a distrubution line, without any circuit breaker or other control, and therefore unlimited potential for a huge current flow. As there were 3 animals killed, it may be that the adults tried to rescue the calf while it was still attached to the wire, which also indicates that there wasn`t any control device.
If proven guilty the **ick should be attached to the same device!
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Normal electrical animal fence operates at 2000-4000v
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