Happy 10th Birthday to Prince Chang Yim
Time flies in Elephant Nature Park. Back in July 2009, a little boy named Chang Yim was born. His mother is Dok Ngern. He was the second baby elephant to be born here. Now after ten years he become a…
Happy Birth Day To Chang Yim on 12 July
Happiness is all around with Chang Yim. Chang Yim, his name means “Smiling Elephant”. Chang Yim was born at our Elephant Nature Park. Happy birthday for our lovely young boy ”Chang Yim”. He is now 9 years old. Chang…
Lucky Number 7
On July 12, 2009, Dok Ngern gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Chang Yim was born at Elephant Nature Park. He is the second baby ever to be conceived and born at Elephant Nature Park from the resident…
Doing what we can to keep our elephants happy and healthy
Mostly you see the playful antics and social activities of our elephants while they are out and about roaming around the ENP. But there is much more going on to benefit them behind the scenes. Two of our most important…
Enrichment program for the bulls going strong!
Sir Hope, Jungle Boy and Chang Yim are really enjoying exploring, discovering, destroying and eating all the fun stuff we are building and hiding for them in their yards. The ever changing enrichment team is having lots of fun using…
The boys and their toys
In order to keep the boys moving and exploring their yards we have been placing food and enrichment toys in different places around their yards each day... It becomes a bit of a hide and seek or ele-equivalent of an…
Elephant enrichment project
Through the years, we have had various enrichment toys for our elephants placed around the park. Many elephants make good use of the “toys,” while others pay little attention to them.
At the moment, we have a few elephants who are confined to their shelters while they are being treated for abscesses or foot problems. Once again, we have taken to creating enrichment toys to help ease their boredom while stimulating their sense of curiousity and problem solving.
We roam around the park looking for tires, branches and discarded boxes that can be used safely. We take a trip to the jungle and cut off bamboo branches that have already been knocked down by elephants and find other plant life that might be interesting. We then snatch up bundles of elephant grass and banana leaves. From there we head to the elephant kitchen and find various fruits and veg that can also be stuffed into the boxes and tires.
Now it is time to have fun and get creative!
Positive reinforcement target training and foot care program back in action!
After a long hiatus waiting for the completion of a new and improved training wall, Elephant Nature Park is happy to announce that positive reinforcement based target training and foot care is once again part of our daily routine.
The foot window is not yet completed. There will be two adjustable/removable bars for the foot to rest on. The stool is only temporary.
The role of the auntie to a baby elephant
At Elephant Nature Park, we are fortunate to have three sets of mothers and babies. Typically, motherhood ends in heartbreak in the captive elephant world so these unbroken bonds between mom and baby elephant are even more significant and cherished. It is well known that female elephants are incredibly maternal and nurturing calves comes as second nature.
