Police chief Pol Maj General Pattana Pesayanawin said the 20-year-old male elephant known as Plai Nga Ngam was the 22nd wild elephant killed in the park. Pol Colonel Chana Suwankomon, leading one of three teams investigating the killing, estimated it would take two or three days to solve the case. Chana said the wounded elephant covered some distance before dying, but the likely location of the shooting had been identified. He said officers were checking on the owners of about 60 rifles registered in surrounding Kui Buri, Muang and Sam Roy Yot districts. Bullet fragments retrieved from the elephant’s wounds above the left eye and left buttock were undergoing forensic tests, he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 16, 2018 07:00 UTC