News Forum - Elephant camp in Chiang Mai put up for sale due to drop in tourists during pandemic

[Thaiger]

Elephant parks and sanctuaries relying on foreign tourists for an income and funds to feed the animals have been hit hard during the pandemic. One elephant park in Chiang Mai is now up for sale due to the drastic drop in the number of visitors over the past two years. The owner says she’s been unable to afford the 2 million baht per month needed to care for her camp’s more than 40 elephants and pay the staff. The owner of Mae Taeng Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai made the announcement on Sunday, which was National Elephant Day. The observance […]

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[HolyCowCm]

Selling everything till she is skinned. Pretty noble of her. Time for a partonage or these bozos at the helm to kick in or plainly divert money that is slated for military or other useless projects to help.

[HiuMak]

17 hours ago, HolyCowCm said:

Selling everything till she is skinned. Pretty noble of her. Time for a partonage or these bozos at the helm to kick in or plainly divert money that is slated for military or other useless projects to help.

They seemed more interested in Submarines and F35s. 

[HiuMak]

10 hours ago, Chiangmai said:

In diesen schwierigen Zeiten müsste das Elefanten Camp unterstützt werden.Warum hilft der Staat nicht?

English please?

[HolyCowCm]

4 hours ago, HiuMak said:

They seemed more interested in Submarines and F35s. 

Yeah until these sacred Thai elephants starts to die and then they areest and charge her, send her to prison and then jump in with the public's money like they are the night in shining respectable armor..