reader Posted October 4 Posted October 4 From Bangkok Post Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai has been severely flooded, with rescuers and staff struggling to save jumbos and other animals as all roads to the site have been cut off by floodwater and landslides. The park in Mae Taeng district posted an urgent message on its Facebook page on Friday saying the flooding had worsened and plunged it into a critical stage. Everything at the centre is cut off from the outside world, from electricity to telephone signals. “We urgently need volunteers and animal cages as we must move the animals to the mountains due to the roads being completely cut off in both directions,” one of the messages said. Staff and volunteers have been trying to move all animals — big and small — to high ground since Thursday, while their colleagues, including founder Saengduean Chailert, are stranded on a road as they cannot reach the park because of a landslide. Some animals, including elephants, cows and water buffalo were being carried away in the current away from the park on Friday afternoon, and anybody who spotted them was being asked to contact staff. A staff member told the Bangkok Post that the park has 125 elephants and that two were known to be trapped in the current. Some have been saved by mahouts by moving them to high ground, she added. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2877687/deluge-threatens-chiang-mai-elephant-park vinapu 1 Quote
