A buffalo chasing love was injured when it was struck by a truck in Sattahip.
Police and animal-rescue officers were called to Sukhumvit Road near the Bang Saray intersection where Petty Officer 1st Class Sursith Mothakul, 55, was waiting near his damaged Nissan pickup truck. An injured 5-year-old male buffalo and the female object of his desire stood nearby.
Sursith said he was driving home from Pattaya when the two animals ran in front of him. He swerved, but still clipped the male, who was hoofing it after the female buffalo, who coyly was hiding in the bushes when officers arrived.
The mighty buffalo was bruised and bloodied, but still standing.
The male sustained several wounds, was breathing weakly and was bleeding from the nose and mouth, but was still standing. The animal was taken for care by a veterinarian while the driver was invited back to police headquarters to give a full statement. The buffalo’s handlers had fled the scene before police arrived.
The same cannot be said about the pickup truck that hit it.
