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发表于 2014-6-16 22:53:09
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19/05/2011Today, we had some pork buns from the street for breakfast, then we got picked up by Noi, our tour guide from elephant nature park around 8 am. the Elephant nature park is 65km away from the Chiang Mai City. It is a non government, non-profit organization for abandoned or injured domestic elephants in this area. It's founded by this amazing woman called Lek. She is a very little woman with a big heart. She started with one elephant in 1995, now she has over 36 elephants under her care. Their age range is between 22 month to 80 years old. There are 4 male, 2 baby and 30 female elephants. There are a couple of love triangle going on as well. They are herd animals, and they form family groups. The older elephants are very protective of the young. When they feel threatened, they will encircle the young ones, slapping the ground with their trunks. They might even charge at whatever they think is threatening. They eat 3.5 tons of food a day. And each elephant eat 300-400 pounds of |
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