CHONBURI, Thailand, March 13 (Reuters) – Almost 60 elephants loved an enormous fruit banquet at a Thai botanical park on Sunday because the Southeast Asian nation marked its annual Elephant Day.
Elephants are a supply of nationwide satisfaction and cultural id for Thailand and are used for labour, transport, and battlefield triumphs by warriors and kings.
The occasion is often noticed in varied different components of the nation, however because of the pandemic and financial woes, some have scaled down celebrations this yr.
At Nong Nooch Tropical Backyard in jap Chonburi province, elephants have been handled to 2 tons of fruit and veggies laid out on an eight metre large desk.
With the absence of international vacationers for a very long time, the buffet and a few guests introduced some pleasure to the heavyweights.
“After all, they get bored as a result of they get used to being with individuals. That is why you see our elephants are very pleasant to everybody,” mentioned Kampon Tansacha, president of Nong Nooch Tropical Backyard.
“Folks get pleasure from seeing elephants, give them meals, particularly bananas that they like they usually look all wholesome and joyful”.
Animal rights teams have lengthy been calling for the elephant camps in Thailand to finish animal reveals and rides, branding the reveals as a type of animal abuse.
Writing by Orathai Sriring
Enhancing by Michael Perry
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