soiselee

I think every elephant should have a facebook page as well.

This is a ridiculous and unfounded accusation. In Ayutthaya we have bred nearly 50 babies since 2000. I have personally welcomed well over half of these babies into the world. Just look at our website www.elephantstay.com and our facebook pages and you will see pictures and the birth stories of every new born since I started working for our foundation to conserve elephants the Prakochabaan Foundation. Usually we have at least one local media person come to film/photo as well. We also have lots of video proof as well. We welcome you to do DNA testing of every elephant born at our camp, and do not forget to bring the media as witnesses!! Why as an NGO would you not actually do proper research and stop wasting everyones time. You should be celebrating our success like all the people who come here year after year enjoying and supporting our new borns, pregnant mothers and of course all the mating. Because that is how we get our baby elephants and that is why we are at the forefront of elephant conservation.

In Australia the RSPCA spends eighty million dollars a year. In Brisbane RSPCA alone, they put down 1,000 cats and dogs a week!!!!!

That is a fact. Mistreatment of animals is a world wide phenomenon and not confined to any one country.

Our elephants enjoy painting. Some of our youngest elephants love coming to the painting school and try and pick up the brushes etc. Elephants learn in the same way as people, imitation etc. They are not born with innate behaviours. Like kids, if they are having fun while learning they will enjoy it.

It certainly seems that the whole reason the elephants are on the street has been ignored in this project. It seems incredible that people would actually believe that the mahouts would rather work on the streets in Bangkok than their home towns. Of course it is for the money because there is none to be made where they live and they need to feed their elephants and families. So sending them home will not ensure the survival of elephants. Elephants need to earn an income in order to survive into the future.

If you want an elephant at your wedding, we can do that. You can contact us by PM

And it is not bad for the elephant to be painted as their skin does not have pores.

My partner and I moved here nearly 3 years ago and run a program to retire old elephants. Despite elephant handling being a virtually male only profession we have experienced no discrimination whatsoever. In fact everyone loves us and accepts us. As managers we have no issue being respected and listened to. Whereas in Australia my gf could'nt get a job with elephants because she wasnt the "bay watch" type. Thank god for homophobia in our own country as we probably wouldnt have ended up here. We intend to stay forever, and have no issue with our work permits etc.

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Shantaram, loved the writing, one of the best books I've read. Kite runner and Life of Pi also great.

if you can get it, the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, that is brilliant, told through the eyes of 4 sisters who go to to the congo with their missionary father.

I enjoyed Water for Elephants too.

i can mail u from israel but u have to say which henna u want: and not sure if i can mail it since it just comes in a plain plastic baggy and is a green powder /or black powder.... we mix it with olive oil and leave it over night with hair wrapped in plastic baggy or saran wrap stuff.

and also, i hennaed my hair before i got went to thailand to get married, and in bangkok when i washed my hair, it turned bright orange!!!, in the muubaan in korat, it went back to its brownish w/red tints look (my hair is naturally brownish/mousy and the majority of women here henna their hair to make it reddish, i use it to cover grey and give tints and life to dull hair)... maybe it was the thai shampoo for black hair i had borrowed??? anyway, each time i was in bangkok, the same thing would happen (we staid in thai friend's houses, not hotels, so maybe the water reacted like chlorine does to hennaed blond hair??? (greenish)...

bina

israel

thank you that is very kind. I have been using henna for years in Melbourne Australia and brought alot with me, the particular type I used was from France and was a dark red colour, really great colour, not at all orange, even though my hair was originally quite light brown. For a while it comes out if you use hot water and can stain towels, but should wash out ok. the other thing is to put in conditioner, that should help a bit. I have found a place on the internet www.chuchob.com which has henna but I thought I might mix it with another one to make it more red if I can get something. Its pretty good, less messy than the powder and doesnt stain. I actually live in ayutthaya but cant see it anywhere here. Also the only shop in Melb has been waiting for months for a shipment to come in.

If you could email me I would love to try some if you have a dark red colour and I will try the olive oil thing, never did that, have mixed it with tea, coffee even beetroot in the past.

i think I have seen it at the Body Shop

they dont seem to have it, only hair treatment products thanks anyway

Does anyone know where I can buy a good red henna hair dye in Bangkok?