A camel at a zoo inside Bang Kung Temple in Samut Songkram province in central Thailand bit a Thai man’s ear whereas he was turning his back to it to feed a buffalo in a nearby cage.
The victim, 32 yr previous Worachat Borriboon, recounted his experience on the temple on May 25 to the media. Worachat defined that he suddenly felt an intense pain in his proper ear whereas he was carrying his youngster and feeding a buffalo. He touched his ear and located that it was covered with blood.
Worachat rushed to wash the wound and discovered that part of his ear had been torn away. He mentioned he realised instantly that the camel bit him because he was aware of past incidents of camels biting folks. Despite being cautious, he nonetheless could not keep away from the chew.
Worachat defined that he typically visited the temple along with his children as it’s near their house but didn’t count on to expertise this surprising incident. He warned others who liked to go to the temple to watch out for the incident and in addition urged the temple to boost security measures by implementing a better fence and displaying warning signs.
According to the report on KhaoSod, there are ten species of animals at Bang Kung Temple, including goats, sheep, horses, crocodiles, spotted deer, wild boars, civets, peacocks, buffalos, and camels.
The temple supervisor, Somsak Saeko, explained that each one the animals within the zoo have been licensed. The suspect camel, named Dao, had been raised there because it was underneath one 12 months old, and it’s now 14 years old. Somsak insisted that Dao had never proven any aggressive behaviour in the direction of anyone before.
Genuine in Thailand are growing safety measures following a sequence of camel bites involving selfie-taking vacationers. The incidents normally occurred when guests, eager to seize photographs with the animal, attempted to grab food away from it, confusing the camel and potentially scary an assault.
To stop future accidents, the temple will install greater warning signs and raise fences to maintain the camels out of attain. Tourists are also urged to exercise caution when feeding animals with long necks, such as camels..