An elephant that killed its owner in September in Mondolkiri province has been sold to a foundation in neighboring Ratanakkiri province, the organization said on Wednesday.
“Nobody wanted a killer elephant. They said the killer elephant would kill again,” said Pierre-Yves Clais, the vice president of Airavata Elephant Foundation.
His foundation agreed to buy the elephant, named Bak Mai, for $17,000 early last month from 15 families, he said, though the full amount is yet to be paid.
The plan was to walk with the 32-year-old male elephant through the jungle to the foundation’s headquarters near O’Katieng waterfall in Ratanakkiri, about 170 km away, he explained.
Mr. Clais could not say when the journey would start, but said that he expected it would take longer than a week, during which time the mahouts and elephant would sleep in the jungle.
Once at the foundation, Bak Mai would be left alone in the protected forest to be rehabilitated, he said.
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