Backpacking thailand

They have 127 rescue elephants here. Some were held as circus animals forced to do things by hurting their extremely sensitive ears, top of their head and cheeks, some were used to entertain tourists and carry them around you can see that there naturally curved back has gone flat because of the weight and their naturally wrinkeld skin got smooth through the friction of the weight they carry. There are animals that stepped on landmines in Myanmar whith chared feet, and animals that had serious accidents like hip displacements while they were being worked in the jungle collecting wood. The interesting thing is when they came here they choose a friend animal whith which they spend their days and in some cases take care of. So all these new families are formed here of elephants that adopted each other and form a new groep that they look out for and take care of. There are really young rescue animals ( under 5) and very old above 70 years. During covid the foundation was able to rescue a lot (ca 30 animals) by buying them of their owners that used them for entertaining tourists and had no business. By offering the owners money for the elephants the rescue centre made sure the elephants survived but also gave the owners the chance to start a new less cruel business.Read more