BANGKOK – A wild elephant in a Thai district east of Bangkok wandered across the road, stopped a passing truck and gently tipped it over on last Saturday evening. The incident took place in Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary, in Chachoengsao’s Tha Takiap district...
BANGKOK – A wild elephant in a Thai district east of Bangkok wandered across the road, stopped a passing truck and gently tipped it over on last Saturday evening.
The incident took place in Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary, in Chachoengsao’s Tha Takiap district about 70km from the Thai capital, and was captured on video from a nearby car.Mr Tao, who was driving as his wife recorded the video, said the elephant lumbered across the road as his family was travelling to Chonburi.
“I could not believe that a wild elephant was using its trunk to push the truck over on the roadside,” he said.
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