(UPDATED) Official funeral for elephant electrocuted in Kanchanaburi forest

Wild elephant found dead under 120,000-volt power lines in Kanchanaburi national park with its trunk burnt, Second death in three days.

UPDATE

Funeral for electrocuted elephant

An official funeral has been held for the elephant who was tragically electrocuted by high-voltage electricity lines this week in a Kanchanaburi national park.

Park officials pray as a monk chairs a cremation rite for the dead wild elephant in Erawan National Park in Kanchanaburi's Sri Sawat district.

(Taken from photo gallery here).

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Wild elephant electrocuted in Kanchanaburi forest

3/11/2015
Piyarach Choncharoen

KANCHANABURI — A wild elephant was found dead deep inside Erawan National Park and officials believe high-voltage electricity lines likely are to blame.

Park officials were alerted by Electricity Authority of Thailand workers checking grid safety Monday about the dead pachyderm discovered 11 kilometres inside the forest in Sri Sawat district in Kanchanaburi province.

Park officials, soldiers from the Surari Camp and veterinarians from Mahidol University and the Asian Elephant Foundation of Thailand joined villagers at the site.

They found the three tonne animal lying below 120,000-volt power lines with part of its trunk burnt.

Wirun Srisanit, an official with the Protected Areas Regional Office based in Ratchaburi, said evidence indicated electrocution could be the cause of death.

The veterinarians are conducting an autopsy to confirm this.

The death is the second of a wild elephant in the park in three days.

A female jumbo collapsed in Saiyok district on Saturday and died a day later.

Park chief Prawat Puangthong said the elephant was ageing and died of deteriorating health.

In another tragic related incident this July, three wild elephants died from electrocution when the electrical current flowing through an electric fence protecting a meditation center garden was set too high, see here.

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