Krabi, Aug 27-Watchdog Thailand Foundation released footage of the torture of elephants in Ao Luek district, Krabi province until they were bathed in blood, while the mahouts claimed they were training elephants. Livestock has reported the prosecution.

Washdog Thailand Foundation published on the Facebook page 2 days ago is an incident of torture. An elephant torture training in a forest in Ao Luek District, Krabi Province, where the perpetrators claimed to be "training elephants" by using sticks to pierce their trunks until they bleed and their tusks roar in the forest. #This is no longer elephant training, but cruel animal cruelty.

Then coordinated with veterinarian Panya Waewdee, Krabi Livestock Together with the Ao Luek Provincial Police, the Administrative Department, went to the area to inspect at Moo 2, Ao Luek Tai Subdistrict, Ao Luek District, Krabi Province, found a tortured elephant. It is an elephant named "Pepsi" with a history of being sold to many hands. Chained up in a palm oil plantation. Inquiring about the mahout, claiming it was the training of elephants And that requires a violent stab with iron. is because the elephant will attack

Initially, the livestock officers reported the prosecution. on charges of animal cruelty against the owner and the mahout. At Ao Luek Police Station, according to Section 20 of the Animal Welfare and Cruelty Prevention Act of 2014, Krabi Livestock Office staff will monitor the health of elephants. and follow up on raising elephants in accordance with the principles of animal welfare continuously.–Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency