The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has filed a complaint with police asking authorities to hunt the person behind the death of a wild elephant in Chon Buri.
Dusit Netmanee, the chief of Khao Yai National Park, lodged the complaint at Bo Thong police station in Bo Thong district on Monday, after the 30-year-old male jumbo weighing four tonnes was electrocuted by a pineapple orchard on Sunday.
The department posted a Facebook message with a video clip of the animal when it was still alive.
Video posted on Facebook provides a visual reminder of the elephant before it was electrocuted. (Video by the Departmentof National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation)
Authorities found burns on the animal's trunk, and reached a preliminary conclusion that it was electrocuted. Its organs have been kept for an autopsy.
The animal was found dead close to Khao Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary, which is under the responsibility of the unit led by Mr Dusit.
Local residents named the elephant was named "short tail and one tusk" because of its physical features. It had been seen roaming around by villages in Chon Buri and Rayong provinces before it died.
A closer look at the electrocuted elephant. (Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation photo)
