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Bull dies in fight
at Sattahip elephant camp
Patcharapol Panrak
A bull at Sattahip’s Khao Sheechan elephant camp died after fighting
a younger male for a mate.
Sompong, 69, suffered a tusk wound to the abdomen and died April 18. Camp
officials cut off its ivory tusks and invited monks to administer religious
rite in preparation for the elephant’s funeral.
Camp manager Pajmaporn Sinsukhborirak said the accident occurred after Noi,
a 30-year-old bull, broke free from its chain to pursue a female. The older
elephant attacked the younger one during the mating, which led to the fight.
Noi had been in camp only for a couple of weeks, arriving from Surin to
mate.
The camp manager admitted that elephant handlers panicked, leaving the
elephants to fight until someone took enough imitative to shoot the
elephants with tranquilizers.
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