The Death of Elephants - Chris Byrnes

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Early this morning at around 4:00 AM (October 5, 2019), a herd of six elephants passed away in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park (was about 3:00 PM in Thailand due to an 11-hour time difference from the U.S.). Thailand authorities believe that the herd fell off the edge of a waterfall while trying to save one of their babies. Two other elephants have been spotted nearby on a cliff edge and are currently trying to be saved by rangers.


Below, you can find a video from Twitter (from Edwin Wiek, mentioned below) of the two elephants on the cliff edge:
https://twitter.com/EdwinWiek/status/1180397112510439425?s=20


It's important to note that an event like this is not a first. In fact, eight elephants in a herd passed away in 1992 at Haew Narok which is locally known as "Hell's Fall."

As for the remaining elephants, this incident may not be emotionally fun for them. The elephants may endure an emotional toll of grief. They heavily rely on each other for food and protection. About 7,000 elephants are left in Thailand and more than half (so, about 3,500+) are in captivity.

Edwin Wiek, the founder of the Wildlife Friends Foundation, noted that it's "like losing half of your family" and there's "nothing you can do, it's nature, unfortunately."

Source:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49944885




Above, is Haew Narok which is locally known as "Hell's Fall"





Above, is Thailand's Khao Yai National Park.
 *Note:* The below image may be disturbing for some...
                      

                                               
                                     











Above, is the herd of elephants that passed away

Comments

  1. DanielleOctober 7, 2019 at 4:50 PM

    This is horrible. Is it that they don't realize that they are so close to the edge? Breaks my heart.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 7, 2019 at 4:59 PM

    This is awful, especially with Asian elephants being endangered as it is.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 8, 2019 at 12:55 PM

    Awwww. This is so sad. Your first two pictures however were beautiful, and thank you for the note about the third image.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM

    How terrible! Is it known as Hell's Fall because of the elephant deaths or because of something else?

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  5. AnonymousOctober 10, 2019 at 6:10 AM

    That's awful

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  6. AnonymousOctober 10, 2019 at 6:16 AM

    Chris that is terrible! How do they not realize that they are right next to a waterfall and that they are about to fall? Or maybe the elephants did know that they are next to a waterfall and a strong current or some other factor swept their feet out and they just fell. This is extremely sad, but also very questionable.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 27, 2019 at 11:18 AM

    This is so sad. Are the elephants not able to see how close to the edge they are?

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  8. AnonymousOctober 29, 2019 at 10:18 AM

    That is horrible. I hope the two other elephants get rescued. But like you said, nature will take it's course.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 29, 2019 at 2:24 PM

    What happened was really sad, especially when watch the video and realize the elephants were only minutes away from their death.

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