Elephant Of The Week: ThongJan

Wed 28 Dec 16
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TongJan means “Golden Moon”, born in February 2005. Thankfully, TongJan was rescued in July 2005 along with her mother Mae BuaTong before she was old enough to get into the spirit broken, known as “Phajaan”. TongJan is one of our elephants grown up by love and care from the herd at ENP. She is a big sister of FaaMai and junior nanny of DokMai. Now her family has a new member; baby DokRak so that make TongJan more busy with the nanny duty. It is really enjoyable to watch all nannies in the herd doing their great job. TongJan also happy with the young members.

Elephant of the Week 20 November 2023: ThongJan

A fun way to cool off, ThongJan plays at the river's edge and opts for a mud spa to beat the heat. She loosens the mud with her feet and then flings it over her body before scratching her trunk against the bank, all the while looking super chilled.

Mon 20 Nov 23

Elephant of the week 24 September 2023: Super Nanny Srinuan

When she arrived at the park, she embraced her new family immediately. Not only is she the adoptive mother of DokNgern, she is also the aunty of Chang Yim, FaaMai, DokMai, and DokRak. And when Bunma and her baby Chaba first arrived she quickly moved to assist caring for Chaba.

Mon 25 Sep 23

Fascinating Elephant Communication at Elephant Nature Park

At Elephant Nature Park, visitors can often see younger elephants being surrounded, guided, caressed and protected by other elephants. This caring behaviour of elephants being attentive to the care and well being of other elephants, especially younger elephants we call Nanny Behaviour.

Thu 31 Aug 23

A Recipe for satisfaction expertly demonstrated by DokNgern at Elephant Nature Park Sanctuary

A Recipe for satisfaction – Mud Therapy expertly demonstrated by DokNgern

The herd of Buathong, DokMai, ThongJan, and Dokngern enjoyed a mud bath after the rain today, relishing the effects of mud on their skin. Mud therapy is a source of great pleasure for elephants and the mud at Elephant Nature Park is apparently pretty good.

Sat 19 Aug 23

Rescued Elephants MoLoh and LekLek update by our founder Lek

After a recent post about the difficulties of 2 newly rescued elephants settling into Elephant Nature Park, our founder Lek Chailert today made this observation: LekLek and her mother, MoLoh, have been in the Park for some time now. It seemed likely that they would be absorbed beautifully into FaaMai’s family group.

Thu 17 Aug 23

Could a baby elephant bring her rejected mother into the herd?

Earlier this year, baby elephant LekLek and mother MohLoh were rescued from the Omkoi District of Chiang Mai by Save Elephant Foundation. On arrival at Elephant Nature Park, they were introduced to FaaMai's family but three months have passed and acceptance is not complete.

Mon 14 Aug 23

Elephant Conservation includes meeting essential enrichment needs

Enrichments for elephants here at Elephant Nature Park, have always been high priority and as conservationists, we are always aware of natural environments and habitats for elephants in our care.

Sun 13 Aug 23

World Elephant Day 2023 – Celebrating Elephant Conservation

Celebrating World Elephant Day at Elephant Nature Park is a heartwarming experience. The park's efforts to improve the lives of captive working elephants, witnessing their transformation, healing, and reclamation of their natural behaviors is truly beautiful.

Sat 12 Aug 23

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