Officials inspect the dead elephant at the Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary in Si Sawat district of Kanchanaburi on Saturday. (Photo by Piyarach Chongcharoen)KANCHANABURI: A male elephant found dead in Si Sawat district on Saturday was believed to have been electrocuted by a low-hanging power line, authorities said. Paitoon Intarabut, chief of the Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary, said staff of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand found the elephant dead on the road to a radar station in tambon Tha Kradan at about 1.30pm. Some bamboo branches might have been touching a low-hanging power line and it was possible that the elephant was electrocuted and fell onto the road, he said. Established in 1965, Salakpra was Thailand's first wildlife sanctuary and is home to an estimated 130-150 elephants.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2016 11:26 UTC