PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - A local administrative organisation in Hua Hin district is seeking approval from provincial authorities to set aside 29 million baht to put up fences to keep wild elephants away from farmland. Frequent raids by jumbos forced villagers to stay overnight at their farmland to guard their crops. The fence project was a long-term measure to prevent crop-raiding elephants from entering farmland. To solve the pressing problem, the local body set up patrol teams to prevent wild elephants from raiding crops. She has also sought cooperation from local people not to erect electrified fences around their farmland following the deaths of some elephants.

Source: Bangkok Post April 25, 2017 12:33 UTC