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Medo

Medo was born around 1980.  She was rescued and began her new life at ENP in July 2006. Medo was discovered in a small, remote village along the Thai - Myanmar border where she was still being used as the…

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Dok Ngern

  Her name means 'Silver Flower' and she was born in 1999. Dok Ngern was rescued in January 2006 from elephant shows and street begging. Like all captive working elephants, Dok Ngern had a traumatic childhood. She was forced to learn…

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Malai Tong

Born around 1985, Malai Tong - meaning 'Garland of Gold' was rescued from Surin province in 2005. Malai Tong was being used for illegal logging in the Tak province of Thailand along the Burma border, when she stepped on a…

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Mae Thai

  Born around 1945 and rescued from Surin province in November 2002, Mae Thai worked in the logging, trekking and street-begging industries of Thailand. She is the grandma auntie to Tong Jaan, Faa Mai and Faa Sai. When Mae Thai…

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Hope

  Hope was born around August 2000. His mother was a trekking elephant who was forced to stop working due to illness. She and Hope were kept in the jungles near their owner's village, where she died from liver flukes.…

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Jokia

  Jokia was born around 1960 and her name means 'Eye From Heaven'.  ENP rescued Jokia in 1999 from illegal logging and excessive abuse. She suffered a miscarriage while pulling a log uphill, and was not allowed to stop working…

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Mae Keow

Mae Keow was born around 1958. Her full name, Mae Keow Gala Yor, means 'Petite green eyed lady'. She was rescued and arrived to ENP in 1998. She was the third elephant Lek rescued. Mae Keow worked in both the…

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