The area is known as a habitat of the country’s largest herd of wild gaurs. He said this was not an isolated case and there had been many victims from the long years of humans confronting gaurs. Boripat attributed the increase in fatalities to more people farming near the national park’s forest while the population of wild gaurs was on rise. Some gaurs, who get evicted from their herd, look for new territory and find food in corn or tapioca plantations. Meechai said police would join the Thab Lan National Park to provide information about rare wildlife conservation as Wang Nam Khieo was the habitat of the country's largest gaur herd.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 10, 2017 05:26 UTC