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“The eight Asian elephants brought in amidst considerable controversy from tourist and work camps in Thailand in late 2006 have settled in so well that three of them are now pregnant.” - The Australian

“Researchers from Chiang Mai University (CMU) have a new means of fighting phobias and depression _ elephants. CMU had previously studied the effects of ”elephant therapy” on autistic children and, having noted promising results, are now proposing a similar programme for people suffering from depression or phobias. ” - Bangkok Post

“But add a cute baby, and tourists flock to pet and feed the grey-brown giants, making the plodding pachyderms more of an investment than a curse for modern mahouts working in Thailand, one of Asia’s top holiday destinations.” -

“Anantara Golden Triangle welcomed the youngest member to its ever expanding pachyderm family! The 90 kilo bundle of joy, little ‘Raimon’, was born in the early hours of July 16 at the Anantara Elephant Camp.” - e-Travel Blackboard

“Professor Rosaleen Duffy and Dr Lorraine Moore from the University’ s School of Social Sciences say many problems have endured since the ending of the logging trade which employed virtually all Thai elephants in 1989.” -

“Authorities in Keralas Kottayam District today captured the rogue elephant, Bholu Nath, near a forest area..” - Thaindian News

“Noppakhao paints to earn an income for him and his owner.” - Yahoo! News Photos

“When a concise history of the achievements and failures of the present government comes to be written, an accusing finger will point to the neglect of certain national assets. Wildlife conservation is likely to be one such casualty; the environment another. But the government still has time to redeem itself and its scorecard could be worse. ” - Bangkok Post

“Flailing two-metre-long bamboo mallets, piles of steaming dung and crazed colonials are all part of this young Englishman’s job, not to mention wrinkled three-tonne arses swinging arbitrarily or the indiscriminate stomping of dinner plate-sized feet.” - The Daily Telegraph

“Elephant-dung pages dispose of a massive waste problem profitably” - csmonitor.com

“More than 100 elephants hauling logs on the Thai-Burmese border are in constant danger, as one step in the wrong direction could injure or even kill them.” - Bangkok Post

“Thai doctors fit plastic prosthesis to elephant’s foot, after she lost it in landmine blast, in medical advance which holds out hope for other pachyderms _ including Motala the elephant, injured in Karen state blast nine years ago, writes Somsak Suksai” - Bangkok Post

“Mosha was only seven months old when she trod on a landmine in Thailand in 2006.” - Telegraph

“The reason, during the coming December, they will spend three weeks in Thailand. Two of those three weeks will be as simple unpaid workers clear away the elephant dung, and maybe more important, nurse mishandled and wounded elephants.” - ScandAsia.Com

“Thom’s Pai elephant camp, the first of its kind in Thailand is an adventure packed oasis which offers tourists the chance to ride, play and bathe with the elephants. ” - e-Travel Blackboard

“Soraida has cared for the calf for the past 18 months after Mosha tripped on a landmine in the jungle near Thailand’s border with Myanmar. The explosion almost severed her right foreleg, and she was brought to Soraida’s elephant clinic when she was seven months old.” - MSN India

“Paintings by elephants? Yes! And the huge mammals with their powerful trunks and floppy ears have even had a showing of their own, in Beijing. The elephant’s trunks are applied as distinctive brushes.” - CCTV International

“Soraida has cared for the calf for the past 18 months after Mosha tripped on a landmine in the jungle near Thailand’s border with Myanmar. The explosion almost severed her right foreleg, and she was brought to Soraida’s elephant clinic when she was seven months old.” - Yahoo! India News