Bangkok: Thai veterinarians say a 22-year-old elephant was wounded after he wandered into neighboring Myanmar and stepped on a land mine.
Soraida Salwala of the Friends of the Asian Elephant conservation group in northern Thailand says the pachyderm's left foot was severely hurt in Sunday's blast in Myanmar's Kayin state.
Salwala said Tuesday that the elephant named Pa Hae Po was taken to the group's hospital in the Thai town of Lampang by truck and is expected to recover.
The elephant is the 14th such casualty to be treated at the hospital since it began operating in 1993. He joins three other elephant land mine victims who remain hospitalized at the facility.
Rights groups say both the Myanmar army and rebels have laid mines during decades of conflict.
Soraida Salwala of the Friends of the Asian Elephant conservation group in northern Thailand says the pachyderm's left foot was severely hurt in Sunday's blast in Myanmar's Kayin state.
Salwala said Tuesday that the elephant named Pa Hae Po was taken to the group's hospital in the Thai town of Lampang by truck and is expected to recover.
Rights groups say both the Myanmar army and rebels have laid mines during decades of conflict.
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