Buffalo Kills Owner in Buriram After Years of Attacks

The family is grieving after Jao Dui, a male Thai breed buffalo, gored its owner to death. The victim's 32-year-old son, Nithisit, disclosed that his father had been attacked repeatedly over the past two to three years, describing the pair as seeming like mortal enemies, yet they retained the animal as a breeding bull. The fatal incident occurred on the evening of October 27. The father raised 11 buffalo in total, with Jao Dui as the herd leader. On the night of the attack, Jao Dui returned to the pen alone with blood on its horns and legs, leading the family to believe it was responsible. Nithisit said he had repeatedly urged his father to sell the buffalo due to its aggressive behavior specifically toward him, but his mother objected, fearing they would lose their only breeding male. The family continued to keep the animal with caution, never expecting the violence to turn fatal. Following the incident, they plan to sell Jao Dui to a slaughterhouse and will no longer keep it in the pen.

Village resident Amnaj, 42, discovered the body of Loah, 59, lying dead in a gruesome condition in the community forest at the village edge where the buffalo were grazed. The victim had severe abdominal wounds, injuries to both arms and legs, and multiple broken bones. Village headman Rungsak Kanadee confirmed that Loah had been attacked by Jao Dui regularly, appearing to be a feuding pair, but no one anticipated such a lethal outcome within the village.