Examine the appearance of “Plain Ekachai” in accordance with the 7 characteristics or not.

Saraburi 26 Aug- Director General of the Department of Provincial Administration Led the team to examine the preliminary characteristics of important elephants, "Plai Ekachai" at Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi Province.

Mr. Manrat Rattanasukhon, Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration, together with a team consisting of Deputy Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration Registration and Information Technology Department Mr. Phol Damtham, Saraburi Governor with working group Director of Forest Industry Kaeng Khoi Sheriff Four genomics experts, namely Mr. Kaew Butchat, Mr. Somroj Kukitikasem, Mrs. Patcharaporn Kukitikasem and Mr. Pasaphon Kanitthasut, veterinarian Sitidej Mahasawangkul, veterinary specialist consultant. Forest Industry Organization Kittiyaporn Iamsaad, veterinarian, Office of Wildlife Conservation Department of National Parks Director of the Office of Registration Administration Director of the General Registration Division went to Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi Province to inspect the appearance of Plai Ekachai at Moo 3, Huai Haeng Subdistrict, Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi Province.

With Mr. Thanabodee Phromsuk, 38 years old, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Elephant Conservation Center, Golden Elephant Thailand Co., Ltd., the owner of Plai Ekachai, together with the executives of Golden Elephant Company. welcome The audit committee attended a meeting to clarify the objectives of the preliminary inspection. and listened to information from Plai Ekachai that the elephants had a good look Important Elephant Act Or a wild elephant with important characteristics, section 4, which has 7 important characteristics, namely, white eyes, white palate, white nails, white body, white skin, white tail hair, and white testicles (genital organs) in all 7 aspects. Most importantly, he has 1 hole. Follicles have 2 hairs, some have 3 hair follicles, which are more special. General elephants have 2 ventilation holes in their gill ceilings, but Plai Ekachai There will be only 1 vent hole as a special feature.

After listening to the information, Mr. Manrat and the working group examined the characteristics of the important elephants in Plai Ekachai, who was falling and chained inside the dome in front of the villa, with Mr. Thanabodee and the mahout, 3-4 people in charge. convenient

The Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration said that according to the Golden Elephant Company (Thailand) by Mr. Thanabodee Promsuk, there was a letter to the Ministry of Interior. to relevant agencies Came in to check on Plai Bunyong or Plai Ekachai that it was an important elephant. according to government procedures and regulations ministry of interior had an order to appoint him as the chairman with working group Experts And 13 people involved went to the area to carry out such inspections.

“Yesterday's inspection result (Aug. 25), our team has examined as closely as we can see. by recording the picture to bring back to discuss At this level, it is not yet possible to determine whether Ekachai elephants have these 7 characteristics or not. At this stage, it is a preliminary examination. This time, there were also experienced experts joining the group for initial consideration as well. We will be fair according to the actual appearance. Compare As for the decision maker, it's not him. But there will be a working group who wished to be an important elephant sensitive matter it's important must be carefully considered. There must be an answer for society to really understand. science as a body of knowledge in the future, ”said the Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency