Elephant suffers a painful death when it is electrocuted by a fence

An elephant was found dead after suffering an electric shock from a fence protecting a mango farm after it went in search of food. 

The animal was found by locals slumped on the ground in Prachuap Khiri Khan, southern Thailand on June 6. 

Park rangers were informed of the discovery and arrived to examine the adult elephant, finding burn marks on its trunk.  

Officials confiscated an electric generator as evidence and called the owners of a nearby mango grove to question them about the electric fence. 

Land owners Komsak Sithadee, 30, and Siamrath Moyai, 29, allegedly admitted that they use electric fences but they are not sure if the elephant was electrocuted by theirs as there are others in the area. 

They said: ‘Normally, our generator would stop working after it has touched something but when we checked, the generator was still working. So we don’t know if the elephant touched our electric fence or another.’ 

The rangers had the vet team dissect the elephant and collect the elephant’s organs for a post-mortem examination to confirm the cause of death. 

Head ranger Rakpong Boonyoi said that if the result shows that the elephant was electrocuted, the land owners would be charged. 

He said: ‘We will interrogate the owners of the fruit grove for more information to check if they were involved in the death of the elephant. If they are, we will have to charge them for harming the animal.’