Prathueang Numnoi sits on one of her uprooted prime durian trees, knocked down by wild elephants raiding her orchard in Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan. She knew immediately the culprits were a herd of aggressive wild elephants. The same ones that had previously raided her durian orchard of more than 200 trees on several nights this year. "When I saw my orchard in this state I almost fainted away.”In May, the night-marauders uprooted 21 10-year-old durian trees. Her plea now is for state officials to step in and help the people deal effectively with the wild elephants.

Source: Bangkok Post December 12, 2017 07:30 UTC