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Volunteers from Japan help to administer
medicines
to a sick elephant |
Mobile Clinic - Jumbo Express
"Jumbo Express " the project for rescue and medical care for
elephants in remote areas. Includes elephant groups used for logging,
trekking and domestic elephants at hill tribal villages used for work.
This clinic is self funded with a majority of financial help from
visitors contributions from the park. Jumbo express attends to elephants
across Northern Thailand. As you can image an elephant requires large amounts of
medicine when sick. Imported medication is expensive and we are most grateful
for the assistance we have received from local hospitals, clinics and
doctors.
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| Many of the mahouts (elephant trainers) are poor and cannot afford
expensive quantities of medicine for their elephants. Most of the care
needed involves cleaning damaged skin tissues, parasites and cuts caused by
over zealous elephant handlers. After treatment time is given to educating
the owners and trainers as to how to control the elephant and treat them in
a humane manner and administer basic medicines, clean wounds and check for
parasites. Volunteers also help with these procedures. Many of these poor creatures live deep in the jungle. Four wheel drives,
bamboo rafts and half day treks over arduous terrain are common. |
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Lek and her crew including the guest veterinarians and their
volunteers journey to the mountainous home of the elephants every week. In
the jungle they give badly needed medical take care, education and
advice to the local elephants keepers. Medicine is provided to treat
the sick elephants. This area is deep in the jungles and forests, there is
no road and the team has to walk at least over 4 hours to each destination.
Some areas require 4WD vehicles to transport medicine and equipment and
often bamboo river rafting is required. However difficult or inconvenient
the journey the crew will travel to help the elephants and Jumbo
Express still continues the free service to elephants who so desperately
need help.
It is jumbo express policy to give assistance when needed regardless of politics.
This year several logging elephants which were on stimulants were treated. Whilst this is a very saddening thing these elephants still
requires medical care. Naturally we disapprove of ill treatment of any
animal but help was given to the sick elephant who had no choice in the
tasks it was set.
Elephants requiring aid be given it. If we can help lessen their
suffering then we will not hesitate to help.
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