Endearing story of the royal family's elephant and his BFF, a dog

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Endearing story of the royal family's elephant and his BFF, a dog

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photo: Pets in the history/ Facebook

 

BANGKOK: -- When it was time for an elephant from Yala to move into the palace in 1968, King Bhumibol Adulyadej reportedly sent a statement through his servants to also adopt the elephant's best friend, a dog called "Nang Biew," so the animals could be raised together at the palace.

 

This endearing story of the royal pachyderm "Phra Sawetsurakachatharn," who was gift to the royal family from the people of Yala, was told by M.R. Kukrit Pramoj, a Thai politician and member of the royal family, in his book "The Elephants in my Life."

 

It was written that Phra Surakachatharn was found when he was separated from his herd by a village headman in Yala when he was only a baby. Assuming that the mother elephant intended to leave her son as a gift to the royal family, the people of Yala planned to give the baby to the king when it was old enough.

 

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