A committee led by Pol Col Watcharin Pusit, the Commander of the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NRECS) received a copy of the report from the Bureau of Protected Area 5 of Nakorn Sri Thammarat - where the DNA of the two elephants was sent and analysed - that stated that both baby elephants were ‘legal’.
Somchok who was seized in February earlier this year has been proven that he is from Sai Yoke, Kanchanaburi Province and is the baby of Thongdee and Lamduan.
The ‘elephant renter’ of Somchok, Kampan Nakdee will now once again be able to show Somchok at the Phu Thai Review Souvenir Market.
Meanwhile, Prakong Laokom, the elephant owner of Nampetch has received similar ‘good’ news that Nampetch was bought legally from the Tatoom district in Surin.
