Everything is ready for the historic flight home from Sri Lanka of Sak Surin, an ailing Thai elephant, after about two decades away from home.

 

According to Sittidet Mahasawangkul, a veterinarian at the Forest Industry Organisation (FIO), this will be the first time that a Thai elephant will be flown back to Thailand on board a Russian-made IL-76 transport plane.

 

On board the chartered flight will be the pilot, co-pilot, nine crew and five passengers, including three FIO mahouts, one Sri Lankan mahout from Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo and one Thai veterinarian.

 

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Is anyone asking for a few million THB to take care of this one.

Really.  Thailand needs state funded elephant reserves.  These should be national treasures and as such nationalized.  Elephants should not be used to attract capital for non-profits.  They need to be wilded. 

On 6/30/2023 at 4:25 PM, snoop1130 said:

On board the chartered flight will be the pilot, co-pilot, nine crew and five passengers, including three FIO mahouts, one Sri Lankan mahout from Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo and one Thai veterinarian.

Hopefully none will use the airport's walkways.

nice for the elephant.....but for that cost are there no humans who have problems to better invest the money?

19 minutes ago, h90 said:

nice for the elephant.....but for that cost are there no humans who have problems to better invest the money?

They can invest money on humans too.  It's not one thing or another.  

 

 

1 hour ago, jak2002003 said:

They can invest money on humans too.  It's not one thing or another.  

 

 

than where they cut money? Unless they have a money tree?

Nine crew members

(plus 3 mahouts and a vet).

On 6/30/2023 at 4:25 PM, snoop1130 said:

On board the chartered flight will be the pilot, co-pilot, nine crew and five passengers, including three FIO mahouts, one Sri Lankan mahout from Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo and one Thai veterinarian.

Any luggage in the trunk?

Edited July 2, 20233 yr by jacko45k