Video: Elephant strikes: Tourists take an early bath in Chiang Mai

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Video: Elephant strikes: Tourists take an early bath in Chiang Mai

 

 

Some tourists taking a scenic trip down a river in Chiang Mai did not bargain for the antics of a young elephant. 

 

Their delight at seeing the juvenile elephant soon turned to shrieks of horror as one of two rafts was upturned by the playful pachyderm. 

 

The incident happened on February 1st in the Mae Wang area of the northern Thai province.

 

One female tourist was taken to hospital after her knee hit a rock. 

 

The owner of the elephant sent a representative to the hospital to pay the bills. 

 

The rest of the tourists managed to swim and clamber to the safety of the bank. 

 

Source: Workpoint News

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-02-21

 

[colinneil]

Well done that elephant.... Poor creatures being used to entertain tourists and make money.

Looks like that 1 had enough, it along with all the others held in captivity should be allowed back in the wild.

[sammieuk1]

It looks like the my Mrs relatives place went there last year to show my lad the elephants that he hated none of the 15 or so Nellie's looked at all friendly and we declined the free ride I know its their living but its not for me ????

[seahorse]

I hope the elephant is OK after its traumatic experience. 

[BigT73]

1 hour ago, car720 said:

He wants a pay rise.

He is tired of being paid peanuts.

Its true, usually if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

[IAMHERE]

I'm guessing it was a Burmese elephant. ????

[jak2002003]

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Well done that elephant.... Poor creatures being used to entertain tourists and make money.

Looks like that 1 had enough, it along with all the others held in captivity should be allowed back in the wild.

It's not the people on the rafts fault about the elephant or the conditions its living in.. they were just on a bamboo raft having fun!

 

 

[RJRS1301]

4 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

It looks like the my Mrs relatives place went there last year to show my lad the elephants that he hated none of the 15 or so Nellie's looked at all friendly and we declined the free ride I know its their living but its not for me ????

Riding elephants how archaic 

[sammieuk1]

38 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Riding elephants how archaic 

Not in an archaic country where your elephant livelihood dependent its not ????

[foxboy]

I want to know who is going to pay for the food, maintenance and upkeep of the thousands of elephants in Thailand if they cannot attract the tourist dollars? Bearing in mind that most tourists will want an up-close experience with the elephants.. not observing them in their natural habitat from a safe distance (of course they can't actually all live in their natural habitat now, as a result of massive deforestation)

 

According to Performing Animal Welfare Society website, each elephant will cost $70,000 annually!  

[hotchilli]

Chang 1 rest of the world 0

[FolkGuitar]

21 hours ago, colinneil said:

Looks like that 1 had enough, it along with all the others held in captivity should be allowed back in the wild.

 

It's a wonderful sentiment, but unfortunately without a shred of reality. 'Back in the wild?' Do you mean where our houses presently stand? Or where our kid's schools were built? Perhaps they can roam freely over the lands taken over by the roads we drive to get to the market? Sure, there are pockets of 'wild' left in Thailand, where 'some' elephants are left to live in peace. But the herd size is 'controlled' (a polite way to say that some of the babies are not permitted to survive,) so they don't outstrip the available food supply in those 'pockets.'  (This is what modern Game Laws all over the world serve to do... maintain healthy herd size for available habitat.) Somebody, be it Mother Nature or Man, has to feed the elephants. We've taken away most of the Nature.

 

If we could remove 90% of the cities, towns, highways, and other man-made constructions that decimated the 'wild' lands where elephants once roamed freely, then it would be a perfect habitat for released elephants. There would be plenty of room and plenty of FOOD to support wild elephants. But right now, that just isn't the case. Sad to say it, but that's the facts.  We have destroyed the natural habitats for so many animals, including elephants, with our rampant desire to build, build, build, for profit, profit, profit. 

 

As it stands, we have two choices. Feed the elephants (and someone has to pay for that food,) or dispose of them.  They won't fit in our back yards.

 

[foxboy]

4 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

 

It's a wonderful sentiment, but unfortunately without a shred of reality. 'Back in the wild?' Do you mean where our houses presently stand? Or where our kid's schools were built? Perhaps they can roam freely over the lands taken over by the roads we drive to get to the market? Sure, there are pockets of 'wild' left in Thailand, where 'some' elephants are left to live in peace. But the herd size is 'controlled' (a polite way to say that some of the babies are not permitted to survive,) so they don't outstrip the available food supply in those 'pockets.'  (This is what modern Game Laws all over the world serve to do... maintain healthy herd size for available habitat.) Somebody, be it Mother Nature or Man, has to feed the elephants. We've taken away most of the Nature.

 

If we could remove 90% of the cities, towns, highways, and other man-made constructions that decimated the 'wild' lands where elephants once roamed freely, then it would be a perfect habitat for released elephants. There would be plenty of room and plenty of FOOD to support wild elephants. But right now, that just isn't the case. Sad to say it, but that's the facts.  We have destroyed the natural habitats for so many animals, including elephants, with our rampant desire to build, build, build, for profit, profit, profit. 

 

As it stands, we have two choices. Feed the elephants (and someone has to pay for that food,) or dispose of them.  They won't fit in our back yards.

 

At last, someone talking sense. 

[foxboy]

On 2/21/2019 at 10:20 AM, colinneil said:

Well done that elephant.... Poor creatures being used to entertain tourists and make money.

Looks like that 1 had enough, it along with all the others held in captivity should be allowed back in the wild.

come on then, talk us through your idea about releasing them them 'back into the wild'.. how are you going to implement that idea.. and where exactly is the 'wild' area you want to release them to?

It really isn't that simple I'm afraid. You would be sentencing them to death. 

And don't just answer with a confused face emoji... unless of course that's all you have to offer by way of explanation 

[Lacessit]

On 2/22/2019 at 7:35 AM, car720 said:

Why do elephants paint their balls red?

So they can hide in apple trees.

How did Tarzan die?

Picking apples. 

How do elephants get down from trees?

They sit on a leaf and wait until autumn.

[indepth]

On 2/22/2019 at 8:19 AM, FolkGuitar said:

 

It's a wonderful sentiment, but unfortunately without a shred of reality. 'Back in the wild?' Do you mean where our houses presently stand? Or where our kid's schools were built? Perhaps they can roam freely over the lands taken over by the roads we drive to get to the market? Sure, there are pockets of 'wild' left in Thailand, where 'some' elephants are left to live in peace. But the herd size is 'controlled' (a polite way to say that some of the babies are not permitted to survive,) so they don't outstrip the available food supply in those 'pockets.'  (This is what modern Game Laws all over the world serve to do... maintain healthy herd size for available habitat.) Somebody, be it Mother Nature or Man, has to feed the elephants. We've taken away most of the Nature.

 

If we could remove 90% of the cities, towns, highways, and other man-made constructions that decimated the 'wild' lands where elephants once roamed freely, then it would be a perfect habitat for released elephants. There would be plenty of room and plenty of FOOD to support wild elephants. But right now, that just isn't the case. Sad to say it, but that's the facts.  We have destroyed the natural habitats for so many animals, including elephants, with our rampant desire to build, build, build, for profit, profit, profit. 

 

As it stands, we have two choices. Feed the elephants (and someone has to pay for that food,) or dispose of them.  They won't fit in our back yards.

 

yawn,  zzzzz