The key link in this saga is the district Land Office. Someone in there authorised amendment to the Chanotes granting new ownership in the certain knowledge that it was 'temple land.
The manner in which the article is presented suggests a poor relationship with its rider. Domesticated elephants are usually given a name and not referred to as 'it' and a good sympathetic trainer can develop a deep personal relationship with his animal leading to a bond of trust. Seems to me this 'trainer' was treating the elephant as a rental.
Scarborough, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
The celebration will be '.....in different corners of Thailand' so the forgotten citizens of Nakorn Phanom are in for a shock.๐
Getting hit over the head by a taxi driver.....slapped in the head by a passing motorcyclist......punched in the head by a drunken tourist.....I certainly is stunning.๐