Not long ago, if anyone had asked me if I believe it is acceptable to ride elephants, my answer would have been a resounding “NO!” My point of view was challenged this past November, when the Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT) invited me on a press trip to learn more about the care…
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PHOTO: Mother with Broken Back Raises Baby with Help from Two “Nannies” at Elephant Nature Park in Thailand
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PHOTO: Mahout and Elephant After Bathing in the River at Elephant Nature Park in Northern Thailand
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Scratching My Seven Year Itch at Elephant Nature Park
Half a dozen elephants wandered around the compound as I dug into my delicious vegetarian lunch at Elephant Nature Park in northern Thailand. Earlier that day I’d fed and walked among many of the 37 elephants that the park had rescued from circuses, logging operations, and street begging, but at the moment I…
