Elephant breaks into house in Thailand searching for food
22 June, 2021
An elephant broke right into a house in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin in the first hours of Sunday (Jun 20), which consists of trunk to find food through a hole in the kitchen wall.
Resident Ratchadawan Puengprasopporn said her family was asleep when she heard noises coming from the kitchen.
When she and her husband visited investigate, they saw the elephant poking its go to your kitchen, rummaging through the shelves and eating a plastic bag containing food.
This was not the first time Boonmee, a wild male elephant known among residents and park officials as a frequent visitor to the village, has intruded the house.
Local authorities and national parks officials visited Ratchadawan’s family the next day and advised them to eliminate food, especially salty items.
Pattarapol Maneeon, a veterinarian from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, said it's possible that there is insufficient salty food in the open through the rainy season, forcing elephants to find salt in local villages.
"Inside the house, we still have bags of salt, sauces, fermented fish,” he said, adding these could attract elephants into returning.
“For now, we have to clear out these items that could draw them back."
Authorities have promised to correct Ratchadawan's house following incident, while artificial salt licks will be provided in the forest for elephants.
In line with the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre, there are an estimated 3,000 wild elephants in the united states.
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