Aug31
Mahouts on Elephants: 4800 years of history worth keeping…Kraal mahouts
Author: thailandretire | Category: retirement in thailand
made up especially for them. The Kraal is a unique place, a sustainable working environment for the elephants and the mahouts. There success can be seen in the many (over 30 in the last 12 years) successful births – more than any other captive Asian elephant centre in the world. The babies are trained on site now in the newly instigated elephant school. NO Phajaan or beatings necessary – the babies born here have been around humans and their mums free range. They are the elephant …
Tags: Asian elephants, Ayutthaya, Elephants, mahouts, Royal Elephant Kraal, Suatainability, thailand
April 24th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
watching that brought back great memorys of a few days at the kraal