Elephant of the Week – Mae Thai

Mae Thai
Mae Thai

Mae Thai – park grandma and auntie to Tong Jaan, Faa Mai and Faa Sai and close friend of Mae Bua Tong. She is very protective of her crucial role in the family group.

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After more than 48 years working at a Trekking Camp in the busy tourist area of Phuket, MaiThai found sanctuary at Elephant Nature Park 3 years ago today. Although still recovering from the recent loss of her best friend Duddao, MaiThai's zest for life remains undiminished.

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Mae Thai – The beautiful caring elephant that gave her love to the herd has passed away !! To dear friends, we have sad news to share. This morning at 6:20 am our old granny elephant, Mae Thai passed away peacefully. Her mahout, Patee, stayed with her through the night, as we thought that she…

Mae Thai loves to hang out alone
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Elephant Of The Week : Mae Thai

Mae Thai was born around 1945 and rescued from Surin province to ENP in November 2002. She used to worked in logging, trekking and street begging industries. She is the gran-nanny of Tong Jaan, Fah Mai and Fah Sai.  When Mae Thai was in her prime, she was very protective of her role in the…

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Our grandmother elephant, Mae Thai is on an intensive care program at Elephant Nature Park.

At our project we have rescued so many old grandmother elephant. Most of them came from a very hard life, especially those who began in logging and later in the tourist industry. Today they retire happily with us till their days end. Mae Thai is the one of them. Thai is our old elephant who…

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