The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) of Thailand is facing a model new directive from the Nakhon Si Thammarat Administrative Court. The courtroom ruling mandates the capture and repositioning of a wandering wild elephant often recognized as “Phlai Chao Nga” within a stringent time-frame of 15 days.
The wandering pachyderm had ventured away from Tai Rom Yen National Park, resulting in substantial injury to the agricultural harvest of the residents of the Nop Phi Tham district, positioned within Nakhon Si Thammarat. The court docket ordered was delivered on the Friday, and stipulates that the director-general of the DNP must spearhead the operation to relocate the wild elephant to the Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary inside Surat Thani, with progress updates to be supplied.
The lawsuit was initiated by a villager from tambon Krung Ching, Saksit Aoysawat, as Phlai Chao Nga made its means into his village in search of food again in January of this yr. The grievance highlighted that regardless of measures applied by the DNP to limit the elephant from leaving the forest, such initiatives have been ineffective.
The DNP’s former directive to its officers based in the Protected Area Regional Office 5 in Nakhon Si Thammarat—mandating the capture and repositioning of the elephant within the park—had not been carried out. Villagers emphasise the point that whereas Phlai Chao Nga has not caused any accidents or harm to people, the destruction triggered to their farming lands has been important, and there is potential for greater hazard to the locals in the future.
In defence of those claims, roughly 25 witnesses have been called forward, all of them victims whose agricultural lands had been affected by the wandering elephant. In addition, representatives from the park additionally gave their statements. Subsequently, the court docket delivered its judgement to the DNP, demanding the seize of the elephant in a timeframe of 15 days, to begin as of Saturday, reported by Bangkok Post.
Never again decided on an alternative location for the elephant’s relocation. Despite the initial plan to switch the elephant to the Khlong Nga Wildlife Sanctuary inside Tai Rom Yen National Park, the courtroom directives now state the relocation be to Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary within Surat Thani, owing to several villagers voicing their concerns about the preliminary choice being too close to their settlement..