Wildlife ranger killed by elephant
published : 4 Mar 2025 at 12:50
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin
A wildlife ranger was killed and another injured by a wild elephant they were trying to chase away from village farms in Phetchabun on Monday.
The two rangers were from Phuluang Wildlife Sanctuary in Loei province. The attack was reported about 3.30pm on Monday.
Anuchit Jansangsiri, 52, was killed by the elephant, and Sathit Wongsri, 48, sustained injuries to his arms and chest and was being treated at Lom Kao Hospital.
The elephant had been raiding and eating crops in the area. Six rangers and a group of villagers had been trying to herd the elephant back into the forest.
The rangers' report said the attack occurred in tambon Sila of Phetchabun, which is close to Phuluang sanctuary in neighbouring Loei.
A villager had reportedly been attacked and killed in the same area two years ago.
The Facebook page of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation on Tuesday carried a condolences message sent to the dead ranger's family.
Vocabulary
- condolences (noun): sympathy that you feel for somebody when a person in their family or that they know well has died; an expression of this sympathy - การแสดงความเสียใจต่อผู้อื่น
- crops (noun): plants grown for food, usually on a farm - พืชผล
- herd: to make animals move together as a group - ต้อนสัตว์
- raid: to forcefully and suddenly enter a place to catch criminals or to search for something like drugs - ใช้กำลังเข้าค้นสถานที่หรือ จับกุมคนร้าย
- rangers (noun): people whose job is to take care of a park, a forest or an area of countryside - เจ้าหน้าที่ดูแลป่าหรืออุทยาน
- sanctuary: a place where birds or animals can live and be protected, especially from hunters or dangerous conditions - เขตสงวนพันธุ์สัตว์ป่า
- sustain: to experience, injury, damage, loss, etc. - ประสบกับ (ความสูญเสีย การเจ็บป่วย)
- Keywords
- elephant
- sanctuary
- phetchabun
- phuluang
