Out of work from coronavirus, these elephants pack their trunks and head home
The millions thrown out of work in Thailand by the coronavirus include elephants dependent on tourist money to feed their voracious appetites. With scant numbers of foreign visitors, commercial elephant camps and sanctuaries lack funds for the animals’ upkeep and have sent more than 100 of them trudging up to nearly 100 miles back to their homes.
Since last month, more than 100 of the animals have marched from all over Chiang Mai to their homeland of Mae Chaem, which is dotted with villages where members of the Karen ethnic minority live and traditionally keep elephants.More than 100 elephants in Thailand have marched to their homeland of Mae Chaem since last month.
Sadudee Serichevee owns four elephants in Chiang Mai’s Mae Wang district. He followed the foundation’s approach in setting up his own small Karen Elephant Experience park with elephants brought from Ban Huay Bong, his wife’s village in Mae Chaem.“At first I thought the situation would be back to normal within a month or two. At the end of April, I lost all hope,” Sadudee said.The herd takes a break on the shore of a river.
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