Animal attack
Elephant kills forest official
A wild elephant trampled a forest official to death in the Phu Kradueng National Park in Loei on December 5.
Park chief Thitsak Suriyachaiwattana said the victim, Prasert Chumpol, was trampled at a garbage dump about one kilometre north of a tourist service centre.
Prasert normally dumped rubbish collected from inside the park at the site every day, Thitsak said. The park chief said he believed that wild elephants may have been feeding at the site as Prasert approached.