Fun With Elephants - Elephant Rescue Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

A great day spent at the Elephant Rescue Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This was one of our best days of travelling so far and I cannot recommend this place highly enough. If you love animals and want to spend the day at an ethical rescue centre aimed at educating tourists about the treatment of elephants and interacting with these wonderful animals, then look them up. We spent the whole day there learning about each elephant and it's background, collecting food & feeding them, taking them for their daily walk and then finally bathing them in the nearby lake.
If you go to Thailand, don't pay for Elephant rides. Do something more ethical with your money and visit a rescue park like this!
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The elephants of Thailand have been traditionally used to help humans for many generations. Much of the traditional work that they have done throughout history, and continue to do is extremely hard labour, and requires them to live under tough conditions which are often cruel and unethical.
The Elephant Rescue Park was established to serve as a sanctuary for homeless and abused elephants, many of whom come from the bigger cities of Thailand, where they are exploited by humans and often forced to beg for money. The primary objective of the park is to provide a safe, loving and secure environment for these magnificent animals.
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