Nursing home for aging elephants in Thailand...

The country's first nursing home for aged elephants and jumbos with disabilities has been set up in Lampang.

The new shelter would take care of the elephants "until their last breath", said Manoonsak Tantiwiwat, chief of the Forest Industry Organisation, which runs the shelter in Ngao district.

The Pang-La Nursery Home for Aged Elephants on 1,000 rai will be opened officially on Nov 21. The FIO operates the project in honour of Their Majesties the King and the Queen, Mr Manoonsak said. Their Majesties are dedicated environmentalists who have initiated several projects to help conserve forests and wildlife.

The shelter is staffed with veterinarians and a group of experienced mahouts. It also grows a variety of elephant food sources such as grass, banana trees, pineapple trees and traditional herbs to improve the elephants' health.

There is also a small river for them. More...

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