A grey wolf that had escaped from Chiang Mai Night Safari has been recaptured. Night Safari boss, Plodprasop Suraswadi (ex-supremo of the Royal Forest Department) led a team into the foothills of Doi Suthep to claim their prize. The Bangkok Post quotes Plodprasop in his moment of triumph: ”After we paid homage and prayed to forest spirits, the wolf eventually walked out before us.” Local villagers can now sleep soundly at night. Apparently before the capture scared residents had “locked themselves in at night with domestic pets and fighting cocks sleeping by their side.” Charming! But what lies ahead is uncertain. The wolf will be held in quarantine “after a veterinarian confirmed it had had a sexual encounter with a local dog.”
Plodprasop and the spirits
August 7th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · 1 Comment
Tags: Thailand
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1 New Mandala » Lhong gone! // Aug 24, 2006 at 9:51 am
[...] Earlier this month NewMandala commented on the recapture of a grey wolf that had escaped from Chiang Mai’s Night Safari. The head of the Night Safari (and ex-Royal Forest Department supremo) Plodprasop Suraswadi had christened the wolf Lhong – “a Thai word for lost.” NewMandala is now sad to report that Lhong has passed away. The Canadian grey wolf died over a week ago but reports have only filtered through to the Bangkok Post today. Another blot on the unhappy history of the Night Safari. We can only hope that Australia’s koala’s are coping better. [...]
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