The chief of Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan National Park, Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, will next week ask the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to probe the possible involvement of politically connected criminal gangs in the recent killing of wild elephants in the park.

Meanwhile, experts suggested that restoring the park’s elephant habitats and persuading local villagers to help take care of the animals would be a key measure to protect the animals in national parks.

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