If there is
a country whose citizens may be called 'Elephant people', it is Thailand.
Elephants are often kept as part of households in rural areas and the giants
have
learnt to live with humans, helping with farm work and transportation. Of
course, there are still elephants in the wild and one of them got stuck in a
river and could not get out for a day before villagers managed to rescue it
with an effort that involved probably every adult male available at the Thung
Saleng Luang National Park.
Pretty cool,
the elephant though extremely exhausted is reported to have recovered and has
been returned to the wild. Hopefully, it has learnt its lesson and will stay
away from rivers except for when it wants to drink water after all 'an elephant
never forgets'.
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