CHONBURI, Thailand, March 13 (Reuters) – Thailand celebrated Nationwide Elephant Day on Monday, honouring the beast that may be a beloved image of the nation with feasts of vegatables and fruits.
Thailand in 1998 declared March 13 as a day devoted to the conservation of its elephants.
[1/2] A Buddhist monk receives meals from an elephant throughout Thailand’s Nationwide Elephant Day celebration at Nong Nooch Tropical Backyard in Pattaya, Thailand, March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar
Historically, they’ve been used as work animals and even in warfare however in fashionable occasions their very existence is below menace.
The president of the Nong Nooch Tropical Backyard in Chonburi province, the place a ceremony was held to mark the day, stated elephants had been a supply of nationwide delight and a part of the nation’s cultural and historic id.
“We at the moment are attempting to keep up these domesticated elephants and provides them meals and shelter,” Kampon Tansacha stated. “If I launch all of them to the wild, they will not survive.”
Reporting by Artorn Pookasook, Napat Wesshasartar; Enhancing by Kanupriya Kapoor and Angus MacSwan
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