Amazing Thailand # 11: The Elephant Nature Park

NOTE: The first 2 minutes of the video contains some disturbing images of domestication through elephant, the animal has entered the tourism sector to prepare. But watching this tutorial, you'll have a better idea about the importance of the work that was done at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai. The Elephant Nature Park is a sanctuary and rescue center for elephants in northern Thailand, about 60 km from the city of Chiang Mai. Founded in1990 is the objective of the project offer haven for troubled elephants from Thailand. Located in a natural valley, bordered by a river and surrounded by forested mountains the sanctuary and the surrounding area offers an overview of rural life. The Elephant Nature Park is in documentaries for various TV channels, marked as Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and National Geographic. Its founder, Sangduen "Lek" Chailert was born in a remote mountain village in northernThailand in 1960. Despite the extreme financial difficulties, succeeded in founding Elephant Nature Park with her husband Adam in 1996. The elephants in the sanctuary are saved street begging, logging and tourism. Their scars, mental and physical, must be healed. Some have survived their usefulness to loggers, others were useless owners of the camp trekking. Lek work, take deep into the jungles of northern Thailand, where with the help of medical personnel, are treated strain...