Pachyderm pals forever! Chiang Mai elephant turns artist to help stricken Dumbo

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Picture: Daily News

 

A video now on YouTube shows a nine year old elephant called Tanwa painting a landscape scene on canvas. 

 

Tanwa puts in the tree trunks, leaves and some other foliage before signing his name TW. 

 

An elephant camp in Mae Tang, Chiang Mai said it was part of a "Chang Chuay Chang" scheme - elephant's helping each other. 

 

The artwork will be auctioned online with the starting price of 3,000 baht.

 

It comes after a six year old elephant called Dumbo had to leave the area with his mother and go back to Mae Hong Son because there were no tourists during the pandemic. 

 

However after their mahout took them naughty Dumbo ate something he shouldn't have and fell sick. Animal welfare in the area has suggested builing an enclosure for the beasts but the mahout is too poor to afford it.

 

So now Tanwa is helping out with his artistic skills in the video that Daily News called "narak" or loveable. 

 

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[PETERTHEEATER]

Deliberately misleading. Hiding the human figure guiding the animals trunk......Why not show us a video of an unattended elephant with the materials doing what IT wants.

[Wavel]

7 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Deliberately misleading. Hiding the human figure guiding the animals trunk......Why not show us a video of an unattended elephant with the materials doing what IT wants.

Have you Petertheeater never witnessed for yourself elephants painting. This one is being taught. I swear blind you could see the concentration in the elephants eyes that painted ALONE the painting hanging on my wall 

[My POV]

Whether the handler is helping a little or not this elephant is talented and at least trying to help pay his debts. More than I can say for many people.

[MILT]

I have seen this elephant and others do incredible art work at this elephant camp

This is no scam! Amazing to watch....The elephants are taught by reward, which goes against

the tellers of abuse....I proudly have one in my home....