The specially-built cage, designed to accommodate Sak Surin, an ailing Thai elephant in Sri Lanka, during its journey home to Thailand, is 50% complete and is expected to be flown to a zoo in Sri Lanka within a week.

 

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa told Thai PBS today (Wednesday) that a team of veterinarians and officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and the Forest Industry Organisation are already in Sri Lanka making preparations for the journey back to Thailand.

 

They will be joined by a team of mahouts, who will leave for Sri Lanka this Saturday, he said, adding that the mahouts will have to get acquainted with the elephant and train it to enter and exit the cage.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/cage-for-repatriation-of-thai-elephant-expected-to-arrive-in-sri-lanka-within-7-days/

 

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How long will  the poor elephant be required to stand in that cramped cage? The flight alone is around three and a half hours.

Add on time getting itto and from airports at both ends and it must be getting on to over five hours. It seems a long time for what is an ailing elephant. I hope they sedate it.

This elephant was sentenced to life in prison with a daily dose of torture .

For what ? Being an elephant ? For  that it can be shown to the kids who never seen one before ? They will only see a lonely , mistreated animal . SAD .

2 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

This elephant was sentenced to life in prison with a daily dose of torture .

For what ? Being an elephant ? For  that it can be shown to the kids who never seen one before ? They will only see a lonely , mistreated animal . SAD .

A lot of sad examples of cruel treatment of animals around.

 

30 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

A lot of sad examples of cruel treatment of animals around.

What is on display in the " PATA ZOO " is not only the imprisoned gorilla , it is human cruelty .