Dani
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| At the herd: |
30th November 2010 |
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| Rescued from: |
Illegal logging |
| *Birthday: |
1960 |
Dani is a female elephant who was born around the mid 1960's. She
arrived at Elephant Nature Park from the Tak province on November 30th,
2010. She was rescued from illegal logging. The funds for Dani's rescue
were donated by Bob Barker from the USA. Her original name was Mo Blee
which was a Karen hilltribe word that describes fear or shyness. Lek
wished to change her name and Bob Barker requested that she be named
after a friend of his named Dan Stone.
Many details of Dani's history are unknown. She has probably lived
along the Thai-Burma border for her entire life. Once she was old enough
to start doing heavy labor, she began her career as a logging elephant
working all up and down the border, in both Thailand and Burma. Most
recently she was working inside the Karen state in Burma. Because of the
long running civil war between the Karen and the military oppressors of
Burma, fighting breaks out on a regular basis and it is very dangerous
for elephants to be working in the forests. Being shot or stepping on a
landmine are very real possibilities. |
