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2 September 2011
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the elephants’ playground elephant polo returns amid appeals for donations to local foundation
hua hin, THAILAND The eyes of many will be on the tenth King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament returning to Hua Hin at the Anantara Resort next week (5th to 11th September) and a lot of jumbo fun it will be. However, some other elephants are in much need of attention too, and this was illustrated recently by an appeal for donations by the Hutsadin Elephant Foundation, who are looking to buy land adjacent to their existing location so that the Elephants in their care can have a lot more freedom. They are also looking to buy more of these beautiful beasts and have just completed the purchase of Songkran, a three year old female, with the very generous help of KVIK, the Danish Kitchen company based in Hua Hin & Bangkok, as well as the Vimolnoch family & friends, the Deleuran family & Michael Chompookas, Replica Design, Oriental Invest and many others. There is a further Elephant they would like to buy, who is lame and possibly ill; she is unable to work any more, but the owner wants in excess of 450,000 baht for her, and of course there are still two or three Elephants being taken round the town and surrounding areas begging. This practice, as AWOL has reported in the past, is illegal and could incur a hefty fine for the tourist who is caught feeding them. In addition to the above, the Foundation always needs monies to help with the feeding and looking after of the Elephants, the cost of which is around 50,000 baht per year per Elephant plus all the Vets fees, and more covered areas are required for shade. For further information on how you can contribute or volunteer please contact the numbers shown in the Foundations advert on page 26, or Robert Webb at The Lord Webb, email lord_webb@ hotmail.com, mobile 08954-88003.
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