TRANG, Jan 21 (TNA) – Elephants in Thailand’s southern
Trang province take leave of absence from their routine works as their owners
are concerned of the effects of drought on their health.
Owners and mahouts say they opt to take their elephants away
from logging industry in drought-hit areas and switch to works in tourism
industry instead.
From about 100 elephants in Trang, only a dozen remain after
most of them are hired for elephant trekking in nearby Krabi, Phang-nga and
Phuket provinces.
The owner of a 32-year-old male elephant said drought and
heat could depress the jumbos therefore mahouts must keep them close to water
sources.
They have accepted only logging works in areas near
waterways to allow the elephants to cool themselves. (TNA)
