Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Poor Elephant

In a restaurant toilet, on the bathroom stall was a flyer explaining that it is illegal for elephants to be on the street. Its not their natural habitat

Didnt take a photo of the sign because this is my 4th time in Thailand and i've never seen such a thing. Guess what i saw later that very same night?

The poor poor elephant looked so frightened by traffic and all the people surrounding it. It kept on trying to walk up the sidewalk and the owner tries to 'steer' it onto the road =(

There was a phone number to call to report, so disappointed i didnt take the phone number!!! My friend from Holland told me that years ago, Bangkok city was full of elephants too, thankfully no more now!

4 comments:

Elwyn~! said...

I think I saw on another blog before about a baby elephant calf who was performing by the roadside. That blogger thought it was cute.

Didnt know such laws existed.

Sue Lin said...

Yeah i didnt know as well... and i didnt know they actually bring elephants to the streets in the city!

Jacqueline said...

So far I didnt see any elephants on the street for the past 4 months here...

Sue Lin said...

Yeahhh, thats good! They dont belong on the streets!