Asian Elephant - The Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai Province
| Asian Elephant - The Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai Province
The Asian Elephant is officially classified as an endangered species, numbers in Thailand are estimated to be 3,500. Around half of this number are domesticated, the remainder living wild in National Parks Reserves. Some 500 suffer under appalling conditions in Bangkok and other cities. It is notable that at the start of the 20th century (1900 AD) over 100,000 elephants graced the Siamese (Thai) countryside.
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