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Elephant Kidnap 2 years 36 weeks ago

Elephants are being kidnapped in Thailand and very large ransoms being asked in return. If the ransom is not paid they are sold over the border into Malaysia. The law governing elephants in thailand is extremely confusing and very often overlooked. Wild elephants have much better protection than the domesticate ones. In theory all elephants have to be registered but not till they reach eight years old. This leaves a huge loophole in the law.

Elephant Paper to save elephants 1 year 31 weeks ago

Elephants are an endangered species in many countries. Specially in a country like Sri Lanka where about 10% of the total 40,000 elephants live sometimes elephants is treated as a pest on agriculture. Elephants eats the crops of the farmers and farmers think the elephant as an enemy. To protect the elephants we have to make the farmers think the elephants as useful animals. In that regard elephant paper or paper made using elephant dung has a role to play

Surin Elephant Festival 1 year 29 weeks ago

The Surin Elephant Festival takes place each year in Northern Thailand close to the border with Cambodia. There can be a gathering of as many as 300 elephants which will compete in games and tournaments. The event is very popular with local people but there are a large number of foreign tourists as well. To make a holiday to Thailand extra special then a visit to Surin on November 20-21 2010 is a must.

Elephant Parade in London 1 year 39 weeks ago

This Elephant Parade in London is part of a conservation campaign that focuses attention on the urgent crisis faced by the endangered Asian Elephant. The parade involves having 258 brightly and beautifully painted elephants placed all across London. People spend the day hunting elephants to see how many they can find as a way of raising awareness to the plight that is face by the endangered Asian elephants. This parade is as a result of the work by ELEPHANT FAMILY . Please read more about it and SIGN THE PETITION...it takes less than 1 minute!

Royal Elephant National Museum in Bangkok Thailand 2 years 27 weeks ago

The Royal Elephant National Museum (Chang* Ton Museum) is one of Bangkok, Thailands lesser known secrets. It is located just across the road from Dusit Zoo within the lush and well maintained grounds of Dusit Palace. The actual museum is located within two well preserved buildings which were former elephant stables. These were built to house a progression of Royal White Elephants in the early 1900's. There were periods when the building was unoccuppied as in 1959 which was when the last animal moved in. This remained till 1966 before moving over to Dusit Zoo.