PHOTOS: Thailand celebrates National Elephant Day

By The Nation

 

Elephants at Suan Nongnuch Pattaya attraction in Chon Buri province on Wednesday indulge in fruit and vegetables during the elephant buffet to mark the National Elephant Day.

 

The annual National Thai Elephant Day is held on 13 March to celebrate and draw public attention for more concerted efforts to save the species and protect its habitat including show how important it is to the country.

 

Thailand sees a severe decline with less than 3,000 wild elephants left in the kingdom. 

 

Ayutthaya

 

Suan Nongnuch Pattaya

 

Tak

 

Lampang

 

Chiang Mai

 

Songkhla

 

Krabi

 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30365755

 

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Perhaps they would enjoy their day more by roaming around in their natural environment rather than putting on a show for the press. ????

Recently, I went to visit Pattaya and even though it has been years since my last visit, not much had changed. There were still elephants, girls and amulets to spend money on...

 

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the last count, exactly a year ago, is 3442 and rising. In some areas 10% over the last 20 years. They were removed from the strictly protected list

16 hours ago, harada said:

Perhaps they would enjoy their day more by roaming around in their natural environment rather than putting on a show for the press. ????

I'm sure you are right, but there is not enough "natural environment" left to support their insatiable daily food requirements. Consequently they roam into farm lands and urban areas in search for food, which leads to human conflict. It's not a simple solution to just 'set them free' unfortunately.