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Elephants fell into a sinkhole near Lam Khlong Ngu National Park. | Fountain: Lam Khlong Ngu National Park

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The elephant and her cub were rescued on Monday, a day after they fell into a five-meter-deep hole in a wooded area in western Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province.

elephantswho traveled with a flock of about ten pachydermsthey fell into a sinkhole next to the national park Lam Khlong Ngulocated in the northeast of Kanchanaburi, as indicated by the park administration on their page facebook.

Elephant and her cub fell into a hole about five meters deep
Elephant and her cub fell into a hole about five meters deep | Fountain: Lam Khlong Ngu National Park

Authorities have asked the public not to approach the area for fear of a reaction from the authorities. herdbut the rescue was ultimately uneventful.

Park staff and residents used an excavator to ease the elephant and her calf out of the hole, after which they returned to their herd nearby, authorities said. Lam Khlong Ngu.

Park workers and residents of the area used an excavator
Park workers and residents of the area used the excavator | Fountain: Lam Khlong Ngu National Park

Eleven in 2019 elephants died when they dived into a waterfall in Khao Yai, an incident that some activists have blamed for the loss of habitat for pachyderms human action.

According to advocacy groups animalsabout three thousand elephants Savages now live in the woods Thailand threatened by deforestation, compared to the 300,000 pachyderms who inhabited the country more than a century ago.

In the past, thousands elephants used in the logging industry, but when logging was banned in 1989 pachyderms they began to be put up on the streets to collect alms and used in shows for tourism.

EFE

The incident took place in a wooded area in the province of Kanchanaburi in western Thailand.
The incident took place in a wooded area in the province of Kanchanaburi in western Thailand. | Fountain: Lam Khlong Ngu National Park

About 3,000 wild elephants now live in the forests of Thailand.
Around 3,000 wild elephants now live in Thailand’s forests | Fountain: Lam Khlong Ngu National Park

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