• RAYONG -- A herd of wild elephants from Khao Chamao mountain raided a plantation in Khao Chamao district on Monday night, rooting up pineapples and tearing down rubber trees. • Wanpen Kwannet, 40, a villager of Moo 2 village in tambon Khao Noy, said she was woken up late last night by the noise of wild elephants approaching her 80-rai plantation, but did not dare to go out to take a look. • Early this morning, she found the elephants had uprooted and eaten her pineapples and trampled rubber trees, causing extensive damage. • Mrs Wanpen said her plantation had frequently been raided by the elephants. She informed the village chief, but the only thing he did was taking pictures of the destruction. • Somboon Teerabundhitkul, wildlife conservation director of the 2nd Conservation Administration Office, said that after receiving a report on the elephant attack he ordered officials of the Khao Ang Ruenai wildlife protection area to investigate and provide assistance to the victim.