CHIANG MAI: A couple overnighting on a nature study tour were lucky to escape serious injury when their tent was knocked down and their campsite destroyed by wild elephants, in Omkoi Wildlife Sanctuary in the small hours of Sunday.
Govt adamant Phuket will reopen to foreign tourists
published : 26 Apr 2021 at 04:30
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The government has insisted its plan to reopen Phuket to foreign tourists on July 1 remains on course despite the country facing a third wave of Covid-19.
Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Sunday he admitted the current infection rate is threatening the reopening but doubled down on the target, stressing the government would try by all means to see the first foreign arrivals set foot on the island on July 1. We have neither cancelled nor changed it [the plan to reopen Phuket on July 1]. Currently the province is on course to speed up its vaccination programme as its inhabitants prepare to reopen and receive foreign tourists.
Foraging elephants poisoned by paraquat
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published : 5 Mar 2021 at 16:01
13 Three of the seven poisoned elephants arrive at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang for urgent treatment, after paraquat contaminated grass at a border village in Omkoi district, Chiang Mai. (Photo: Phanumet Tanraksa)
CHIANG MAI: Seven elephants suffered serious burns to their mouths and tongues from eating grass contaminated with the herbicide paraquat at a border village in Omkoi district.
Five of them were reported to be in critical condition.
The paraquat poisoning occured at Khorphator village late on Thursday night. The domesticated elephants had been set free to forage for food, and ate the grass at nearby farms which had been sprayed with the banned chemical.