Elephant Nature Park

Baby elephant Yindee are growing happily with the loves from his herd and his mahout.

Yindee was born in August, 2013 and now he is 1 year and 7 months. His mother is the young female elephant, Mintra. She is a former street begging elephant who was hit by a car when she was just 4 years old. She is very sociable, she has enjoyed and encouraged the attention of both Hope and Jungle boy. So, one of these young male elephant is the father of Yindee.

Malai Tong and Mae Jampaa are the…

Saza prefers the green leaf of the fig tree more than fruit.

There is one fig tree at the park where Faa Sai has not monopolized, and where the figs have become beautiful red and ripe . We show Sa Za to the tree expecting that she will enjoy this coveted fruit, but we were quite surprised that she was not interested in this bounty. She walked instead to the old famous fig tree and stood under it, expecting that her mahout would bring the young fig leaf to…

Baby Elephant Navann and his latest nanny, Sook Sai playing with the sand like they are the playmate.

Navann can make every one feel young and want to play as the kid again. Look at his latest nanny .You will not believe he turn the angry Sook Sai to be his playmate. She is very lucky that Navann want to get her to be his nanny because Navann is a joyful baby elephant whom never been tortured and born with loves and caring. So, he could share his positive energy to Sook Sai and could relief the…

We healing the angry girl, Sook Sai to be a gentle and happy elephant with mud therapy.

Mud therapy today, Sook Sai come to join our program. See how much she enjoy. Lek spend every minutes to follow the elephant that we rescued, Sook Sai is one of the aggressive elephant we got. Since we have her, she shown many time as the angry girl. We not blame her as she get so much abusive from human. We will help to heal and take her back to be gentle again. Love and freedom will help to…

Navann and Khun Dej become a best friend even the size and their attitude are different.

Khun Dej ( four and half years old ) and Navann ( two and half years old) but their body size are different, Navann is bigger as he has a lots of loves and caring from his mother and Nannies since he was born, but Khun Dej did not live with mother since he was young and he was injured. When the two boys have meet and stand next to each other, we can see how difference of their body and attitude.…

Rest in Peace Bua Loy, you are now in freedom and there is no pain forever.

Dear friends, we would like to inform you of some sad news about Bua Loy. Yesterday afternoon the vet reported to us that she lay down. They tried to lift her up but she did not help or cooperate to stand. The Vet team tried in many ways to help and comfort her. She is too weak and tired. Half an hour later she closed her eyes and sleeps forever. Life for her is too rough and full of tragedy. We…

Our nanny elephant: Malai Tong, Pornsawan and Mintra are playing in the river together

Three lady elephants are playing like the little baby in the river. You Will be surprised if you learn about their life history. Two of them are land mine victims and terrible injuries – Malai Thong and Pornsawan  and Mintra, mom of Yindee, with a broken hip from a car that hit her while begging in the street. When they first arrived at the park, their mental status was highly questionable.How…

Jaidee is making the decision which herd will be her new family ?

As with every new arrival elephants, they will spend some time, weeks, months or more to observe the new home and visit different herds and later they will make a decision which herd they want to join, if others are willing. Jai Dee did the same. Since she arrived at our park, she becomes so confident to walk and introduce herself to different family groups, especially the group that have the…

Saza and the famous fig tree at Elephant Nature Park.

Sa Za enjoyed walking around the park in the afternoon yesterday. She also made a trip to visit the famous fig tree. Her mahout wanted to treat her with the red ripe fig but she had a different preference – she loves the young fig leaf. It is just a week passed and she already has put weight up. Soon you will see that her bony body is covered by flesh again. We can’t wait to show you how healthy…

Faa Mai doing her own way greeting to Lek, this is the elephant kiss and big hug.

From Lek Chailert “I have been away for a couple of days from the park and when I walk to say hello to the herd most will use their trunk to check me out, but Faa Mai has a different style for her kisses and hugs.”

Faa Mai was born here at Elephant Nature Park, she is going to be 6 years old in April this year. She spend all of her life with love from the herd and human. Especially, she is closed…

The tire is the most favorite toy for Navann, even he is not doing the elephant trick show.

“My mom said the real elephant not play trick show, I want you to understand that I’m not do a trick show to any one, but I just love the tire because it is only unbreakable toy for me”

Navann play with his tire like a human child play with their favorite toy. He is only 2 years and 3 months, born with freedom and love from the mother, nanny and people. When we look at him what we can see is only…

Bua Loy at TECC hospital

We made the trip to bring the truck of extra soft food to visit Bua Loy at TECC hospital, yesterday. The vet team taking care her very well. For the first three day she got Diarrhea and not eat well. It may be because she move to the new environment. The vet gave her a medical treatment and now her Diarrhea stop and she eat more soft food that we bring to her. More update is coming soon.

Jaidee meet Faa Mai’s herd, see how they welcome her.

After spent time to learn about her new home for awhile, Jai Dee walk to introduce herself to Faa Mai’s herd. They greet each other by using their trunks touch her face and all over her body. It’s looks like they are excited to welcome a new member to the herd. By the way,  we still keep an eye on Jaidee’s behavior and the reaction with another elephants to make sure that she could go along with…

Our herd are having a river therapy at Elephant Nature Park.

River is not only the place that our difference herd come to have a meeting as family social, but the river is also can be the best place for their therapy. They always enjoy to have a river  bath in the afternoon. At that time, it seems like this is a time to play and relax. The water in the river help to cool down the temperature of their body. So, we are not surprised to see that they are…

“The water is warm here Khun Dej, come and play with me” Seree is trying to show Khun Dej how is she happy with the fountain.

Seree tries to get Khun Dej attention while enjoying some splash at the fountain. However, it doesn’t seem like the big boy, Khun Dej could leave his soil pile, keep trying, Seree!

Seree used to work as a street begging elephant for ten years and last year she had the accident, her hip was dislocated so, she cannot walk properly. Even Seree and Khun Dej come from the difference place, when they…

Do I cute enough to make you smile today ? Navann playing in the mud pit like it is his paradise.

When the mahout let Navann enjoy his afternoon with the water and mud, he play like he never see it before. He slip and roll over the mud that make us smile and laugh when we look at the cutie elephant having a funny time. After rescued many abused elephants we are very exhausted, however the innocence and cutie of Navann always relieve all tiredness. We hope the pictures of Navann could brighten…

Saza can not chew the fresh food because she has broken teeth, so we need to serve her a special menu.

We walk with Sa Za and follow her around the park to introduce her the new home . When she saw the fresh green grass she is very excited and not hesitate to take it but after observe for while we found that she split it out and can see that she does not chew well. She hardly have teeth left , so we called back to the previous owner what they normally feed her , they said she can eat only stream…