Saza staying warm
Sa Za, the very emaciated old lady who arrived yesterday is eating steadily this morning and snuggled in to one of the blankets!
Jaidee’s first walk around the park
Once everyone went to their shelters and all was calm, Jaidee was taken down to the river to have a drink and the opportunity to enjoy the river if she wished. She was not interested in going in really deep,…
Happy Sunday from Surin Project
Happy Sunday! Check out this lovely gossip group from the Surin project..... please like and visit their facebook page often..... they put up great posts!
Yindee’s family pays a visit to Hope
Patience pays off... Hope can often be found gazing out from his private yard, spying on the activities of his lady friends... and Hoping that they might take some time out to come over to visit. Yesterday he enjoyed time…
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…
2014 … Elephant Nature Park’s year in review
The end of December is upon us. Another year has flown by so quickly. When your life revolves around elephants, you lose track of time. The days blend in to weeks and then months and before you know it, another…
Mae Keow joins Lily
This evening, with heavy hearts - we said goodbye to Mae Keow. Over the past few days it was clear that she was losing her will to keep going. She spent more time laying down and when we tried to…
Times of trouble for Mae Keow
As we mentioned briefly on our SEF facebook page a little while back, Mae Keow, the third elephant Lek rescued back in 1998, is not doing so well. We were hoping to see improvement but sadly she has taken a…
An Elephant’s Best Friend – Patee Bpae Tru
(A mahout is a person who rides an elephant. The word mahout comes from the Hindi words mahaut and mahavat, which eventually goes back to Sanskrit mahamatra. Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the 'family profession' when he…