A rampaging wild elephant trampled a farmer to death at a rubber plantation in Thailand.

The violent jumbo brutally stomped on Abdullah Kareeya, 66, while he was tapping rubber trees in Chachoengsao province on Sunday.

The bull, made even more aggressive by raging testosterone, was said to have charged at the family, knocking down Abdullah as his daughter and son-in-law fled.

The pair screamed trying to scare off the woodland beast, but were unable to help as Abdullah's head was crushed under its feet. They ran back to their village in the Takiap district to alert authorities.

Forest officers and village officials arrived at the scene after being notified at around 6:30 pm local time. They discovered Abdullah's mangled body, with his arms and legs broken and skull shattered by the horror attack.

Footage shows grieving relatives breaking down upon seeing the farmer lying lifeless on the forest floor.

District council leader Amnuay Kasetsinnukul said: 'The area is vast and every village has set up a team to monitor the situation.

'Wild elephants have been coming every day, forcing villagers to adjust their rubber tapping schedules. Many are worried it will be several more days before they dare return to work.'

Abdullah's remains were collected and taken back to his hometown in Yala province, some 17 hours south, for an Islamic funeral.

On August 21, a grandfather was trampled to death and his helper was injured by a wild elephant attack in Khon Kaen. Jaran Promtoo, 60, was tending his plants when the jumbo called Plai Hoo Phab stormed his garden.

He and his helper made loud noises trying to drive Plai Hoo Phab away but the bull went berserk and brutally stomped on them.

Just a day earlier, the same elephant crushed Nirun Paenfai, 52, to death while he was setting eel traps at a pond in the same province. Nirun's mangled body was later found dumped by the elephant in a pond near a sugarcane field.

As of 2024, there are an estimated 4,013–4,422 wild elephants in Thailand. The population has been increasing in recent years, but it is still a fraction of the estimated 300,000 wild elephants that lived in Thailand at the beginning of the 20th century. The main threats to wild elephants in Thailand are habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and conflict with humans.