Trench to protect wild elephants
THE NATION January 18, 2012 1:00 am
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An elephant trench will be dug at Prachuap Khiri Khan's Kui Buri district as part of the Kui Buri declaration to resolve conflict between villagers and wild elephants.
The declaration was signed yesterday by eight state agencies, the WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF) Thailand, the Kui Buri Wild Elephant Conservation and Environment and Tambon Hat Kham Administrative Organisation.
It originated from His Majesty the King's idea - expressed on July 5, 1999 - for a conservation strategy to rehabilitate the 18,000 rai of agriculture lands, deemed the Kui Buri Forest encroachment, to be the home and food source for elephants and other wildlife.
"Elephants should be in forest but the forest should have enough food for them. [The answer] is to grow food plants for them in small plots spreading in the forest. If elephants wander to the edge of the forest they should be provided security," according to the royal idea.
The surveys by WWF Thailand and state agencies have revealed a challenge from climate change, which has caused drought in Kui Buri district for the third year in a row.
The grass meadow for wildlife couldn't depend only on rain and dew so a large herd of elephants hunted for food around the edge of forest near Pran Buri district. Farmers there weren't committed not to harm them, leading to news of elephant killing.
Prachuap Khiri Khan Governor Weera Sriwattanatrakul said concerted efforts in the province led to a number of measures, including the long-term solution of digging the trench along the forest bordering farmlands. The project would stop elephants from entering farmlands, serve as a water source for elephants and farmers, help the authorities' food creation for elephants, promote tourism and create a clear territory of forestland and farmland.
The declaration was in line with the elephant food creation guideline of building a grass meadow, eradicating weeds, creating artificial salt licks and constructing dykes to maintain moisture in the soil.
WWF Thailand and state agencies would continue surveying farmlands along the forest edges, drawing up memorandums of understanding between the Kui Buri National Park and elephant-affected farmers, and dispatching a special unit to support the farmers' elephant watch, and returning wandering elephants to the forest.
Trench to protect wild elephants
Trench to protect wild elephants
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Well Pete, it would be nice if they follow through with this, although I expect there'll be quite a lot of upset farmers if their stolen land is taken away from them. Thankfully though, while some elephants have been killed, it doesn't seem like there's much poaching going on. The exact opposite seems to be taking place up north, with scores of elephants being killed for their tusks.
Perhaps a certain amount of privatization would help as far as nature reserves are concerned, with those in charge being allowed to defend their livestock in any way they see fit. I know what fate illegal poachers meet on most privately owned game farms in South Africa, and to be honest, it seems to have helped.
On a slightly different note, I've not heard much more about the illegal Rhino hunting operation in South Africa which apparently involved a group of Thais.
Perhaps a certain amount of privatization would help as far as nature reserves are concerned, with those in charge being allowed to defend their livestock in any way they see fit. I know what fate illegal poachers meet on most privately owned game farms in South Africa, and to be honest, it seems to have helped.
On a slightly different note, I've not heard much more about the illegal Rhino hunting operation in South Africa which apparently involved a group of Thais.
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This is all a result of the below. A knee jerk reaction to something they should have implemented when HRM suggested it 13 years ago. For more of the story on the poaching, check the BKP and Nation as filled with reports from the incident that happened about 2 weeks ago now. Pete
Official in alleged elephant killing surrendered and denied charge
January 17, 2012 3:24 pm
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An assistant to the Kaeng Krachan National Park chief allegedly involved in poaching four elephants in the park turned himself in to the police Tuesday.
Suriyon Phothibundit turned himself to the Kaeng Krachan police in Phetchburi province to acknowledge charges related to the killing of four elephants and destroying the evidence in the national park.
His surrender came after the Phetchaburi Provincial Court on Friday issued arrest warrants for him, and other four officials -- Surin Maikaew, Mana Nokkaew, Jinda Phuangmalai and Phol Thomya.
The five officials were charged with destroying and hiding evidence, jointly possessing carcasses of wildlife without permission and jointly hiding wildlife and the carcasses of wildlife for sale.
Suriyon denied the charges, but admitted that he burned the carcasses of the dead elephants in line with the regulations and procedures of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
The park official explained that he found the carcasses which had been shot dead during the New Year holiday Jan 1 and 2. He said that he was advised by Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation veterinarian to burn and destroy the remains of the elephants to avoid their being sources of disease as carcasses near the riverside gradually decay.
Initially, the suspect was detained and bail was not allowed.
The carcasses of four male pachyderms were found only a few days after the New Year in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan district, where the incident took place close to the road.
Hunters shot the animals in their foreheads with a powerful gun, while destroying evidence by cutting out the front of the skulls, burning bullet holes, and the elephant corpses themselves. Ivory tusks, tails, and sexual organs were taken.
Official in alleged elephant killing surrendered and denied charge
January 17, 2012 3:24 pm
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nationa ... 73909.html
An assistant to the Kaeng Krachan National Park chief allegedly involved in poaching four elephants in the park turned himself in to the police Tuesday.
Suriyon Phothibundit turned himself to the Kaeng Krachan police in Phetchburi province to acknowledge charges related to the killing of four elephants and destroying the evidence in the national park.
His surrender came after the Phetchaburi Provincial Court on Friday issued arrest warrants for him, and other four officials -- Surin Maikaew, Mana Nokkaew, Jinda Phuangmalai and Phol Thomya.
The five officials were charged with destroying and hiding evidence, jointly possessing carcasses of wildlife without permission and jointly hiding wildlife and the carcasses of wildlife for sale.
Suriyon denied the charges, but admitted that he burned the carcasses of the dead elephants in line with the regulations and procedures of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
The park official explained that he found the carcasses which had been shot dead during the New Year holiday Jan 1 and 2. He said that he was advised by Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation veterinarian to burn and destroy the remains of the elephants to avoid their being sources of disease as carcasses near the riverside gradually decay.
Initially, the suspect was detained and bail was not allowed.
The carcasses of four male pachyderms were found only a few days after the New Year in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan district, where the incident took place close to the road.
Hunters shot the animals in their foreheads with a powerful gun, while destroying evidence by cutting out the front of the skulls, burning bullet holes, and the elephant corpses themselves. Ivory tusks, tails, and sexual organs were taken.
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An associated story. Pete
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/2 ... phant-case
....and editorial http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... onal-beast
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/2 ... phant-case
....and editorial http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... onal-beast
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A very sad state of affairs, and I just hope Thailand can show it's able to protect its wildlife. What I can't get my head around in the one article, is the bit that says a police officer who was known to be involved in illegal animal trade was transferred to another province. Surely he should have lost his job?
It's crazy how they can break the law here, and still keep their jobs. I guess the term "job security" really does mean job security here....lol.
It's crazy how they can break the law here, and still keep their jobs. I guess the term "job security" really does mean job security here....lol.
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Two held in killing of wild elephant in Phetchaburi; ivory buyer sought
KHANATHIT SRIHIRUNDAJ,
MONTHIEN INTHAKET
THE NATION ON SUNDAY February 19, 2012 1:00 am
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Two held in killing of wild elephant in Phetchaburi; ivory buyer sought
Police say pair confess to killing beast after being approached by Karen man
Phetchaburi police have asked the provincial court for permission to detain without bail two suspects accused of killing an elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park while they search for the person who hired them and the intended buyer of the elephant's ivory and other parts.
After a 9am press conference at police headquarters, suspected wild-elephant poachers Lukkaew Chan-upatham, 28, and Chan Kuanphu, 28, were taken for interrogation at Phetchaburi Police Office at 11am.
The elephant's carcass was discovered January 3. The duo was arrested on Friday on suspicion of killing a protected animal without permission, having a wild animal's carcass in their possession, possessing unregistered weapons and carrying the weapons in public without sound reason.
They were allegedly found with an AK47 rifle, a Carbine gun, a shotgun and ammunition.
Police are seeking a Karen man named Somporn Jorkai, 33, who was also believed to be present when the elephant was killed.
The suspects confessed to shooting the 10-year-old elephant but said the beast didn't die immediately and had fled, Kaeng Krachan superintendent Pol Col Woradech Suankhai said. Finding its carcass the next day, the suspects said they removed its tusks and other parts to sell, the officer said.
Woradech declined to give any more details, saying police were gathering evidence in order to obtain arrest warrants for more suspects.
He said the two suspects admitted selling the ivory for Bt20,000 per kilogram while other parts were sold for Bt2,000 each.
Woradech said the duo denied shooting and burning a smaller elephant found by national park officials at another location. A senior official was arrested in relation to that incident.
Chan said he and Lukkaew were invited by Somporn to join him in shooting an elephant. Chan shot the beast with the AK47 and Somporn used the carbine, while Lukkaew took the shotgun with him but did not use it, he said.
They were hired for Bt90,000, of which he later took Bt15,000, Lukkaew Bt22,000 and Somporn the remainder, Chan said, adding that he delivered the parts to the buyer, who drove a black Honda CRV sedan, in front of Ban Walai School in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Hua Hin district.
They had hidden in a forest since the shooting, emerging on Friday because they thought police had stopped looking - only to be arrested.
Phetchaburi police chief Pol Maj-General Wirat Watchjarakhajorn said an investigation found that the buyer - an investor based in Ratchaburi - had bought elephant parts from the suspects many times before. Each time, the suspects would arrange for the buyer to pick the parts up in Prachuap Khiri Khan. He said the buyer didn't sell the parts openly at a restaurant.
National police chief Pol General Priewpan Damapong told the press conference officers were gathering evidence to obtain a warrant to arrest Withoon Reungworaset, a jungle-products trader from Ratchaburi, as he was allegedly the one who drove a car to pick up the elephant parts.
KHANATHIT SRIHIRUNDAJ,
MONTHIEN INTHAKET
THE NATION ON SUNDAY February 19, 2012 1:00 am
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nationa ... 76195.html
Two held in killing of wild elephant in Phetchaburi; ivory buyer sought
Police say pair confess to killing beast after being approached by Karen man
Phetchaburi police have asked the provincial court for permission to detain without bail two suspects accused of killing an elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park while they search for the person who hired them and the intended buyer of the elephant's ivory and other parts.
After a 9am press conference at police headquarters, suspected wild-elephant poachers Lukkaew Chan-upatham, 28, and Chan Kuanphu, 28, were taken for interrogation at Phetchaburi Police Office at 11am.
The elephant's carcass was discovered January 3. The duo was arrested on Friday on suspicion of killing a protected animal without permission, having a wild animal's carcass in their possession, possessing unregistered weapons and carrying the weapons in public without sound reason.
They were allegedly found with an AK47 rifle, a Carbine gun, a shotgun and ammunition.
Police are seeking a Karen man named Somporn Jorkai, 33, who was also believed to be present when the elephant was killed.
The suspects confessed to shooting the 10-year-old elephant but said the beast didn't die immediately and had fled, Kaeng Krachan superintendent Pol Col Woradech Suankhai said. Finding its carcass the next day, the suspects said they removed its tusks and other parts to sell, the officer said.
Woradech declined to give any more details, saying police were gathering evidence in order to obtain arrest warrants for more suspects.
He said the two suspects admitted selling the ivory for Bt20,000 per kilogram while other parts were sold for Bt2,000 each.
Woradech said the duo denied shooting and burning a smaller elephant found by national park officials at another location. A senior official was arrested in relation to that incident.
Chan said he and Lukkaew were invited by Somporn to join him in shooting an elephant. Chan shot the beast with the AK47 and Somporn used the carbine, while Lukkaew took the shotgun with him but did not use it, he said.
They were hired for Bt90,000, of which he later took Bt15,000, Lukkaew Bt22,000 and Somporn the remainder, Chan said, adding that he delivered the parts to the buyer, who drove a black Honda CRV sedan, in front of Ban Walai School in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Hua Hin district.
They had hidden in a forest since the shooting, emerging on Friday because they thought police had stopped looking - only to be arrested.
Phetchaburi police chief Pol Maj-General Wirat Watchjarakhajorn said an investigation found that the buyer - an investor based in Ratchaburi - had bought elephant parts from the suspects many times before. Each time, the suspects would arrange for the buyer to pick the parts up in Prachuap Khiri Khan. He said the buyer didn't sell the parts openly at a restaurant.
National police chief Pol General Priewpan Damapong told the press conference officers were gathering evidence to obtain a warrant to arrest Withoon Reungworaset, a jungle-products trader from Ratchaburi, as he was allegedly the one who drove a car to pick up the elephant parts.
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An elephant trench will be dug at Prachuap Khiri Khan's Kui Buri district as part of the Kui Buri declaration to resolve conflict between villagers and wild elephants.
The declaration was signed yesterday by eight state agencies, the WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF) Thailand, the Kui Buri Wild Elephant Conservation and Environment and Tambon Hat Kham Administrative Organisation.
It originated from His Majesty the King's idea - expressed on July 5, 1999 - for a conservation strategy to rehabilitate the 18,000 rai of agriculture lands, deemed the Kui Buri Forest encroachment, to be the home and food source for elephants and other wildlife.
"Elephants should be in forest but the forest should have enough food for them. [The answer] is to grow food plants for them in small plots spreading in the forest. If elephants wander to the edge of the forest they should be provided security," according to the royal idea.
The surveys by WWF Thailand and state agencies have revealed a challenge from climate change, which has caused drought in Kui Buri district for the third year in a row.
The grass meadow for wildlife couldn't depend only on rain and dew so a large herd of elephants hunted for food around the edge of forest near Pran Buri district. Farmers there weren't committed not to harm them, leading to news of elephant killing.
Prachuap Khiri Khan Governor Weera Sriwattanatrakul said concerted efforts in the province led to a number of measures, including the long-term solution of digging the trench along the forest bordering farmlands. The project would stop elephants from entering farmlands, serve as a water source for elephants and farmers, help the authorities' food creation for elephants, promote tourism and create a clear territory of forestland and farmland.
The declaration was in line with the elephant food creation guideline of building a grass meadow, eradicating weeds, creating artificial salt licks and constructing dykes to maintain moisture in the soil.
WWF Thailand and state agencies would continue surveying farmlands along the forest edges, drawing up memorandums of understanding between the Kui Buri National Park and elephant-affected farmers, and dispatching a special unit to support the farmers' elephant watch, and returning wandering elephants to the forest.
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The reports of what took place just don't seem to hang together. 5 officials were charged with destroying evidence - one turns himself in and admits burning the carcasses in line with regs. The elephants were known to have been killed on 1st and 2 Jan. Their skull bones removed to hide evidence of shooting.
Then this official comes along and finds them - somehow he knows when they were killed? And not least knows they were shot through the forehead. He also must have seen that the tusks had gone - plus sexual organs - yet he still goes ahead and burns them (in accordance with regs of course) before finally deciding to tell the police 7 weeks later.
Oh well - TIT
Then this official comes along and finds them - somehow he knows when they were killed? And not least knows they were shot through the forehead. He also must have seen that the tusks had gone - plus sexual organs - yet he still goes ahead and burns them (in accordance with regs of course) before finally deciding to tell the police 7 weeks later.
Oh well - TIT
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Well it should never be just "Oh well, TIT" It should be TODAY I'm going to CHANGE the world one mind at a time" if we all had that attitude this country would be in a much better place, do you agree?
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Difficult from 6000 miles away dear.IntergalacticQueef wrote:Well it should never be just "Oh well, TIT" It should be TODAY I'm going to CHANGE the world one mind at a time" if we all had that attitude this country would be in a much better place, do you agree?
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