Another elephant from Maesa elephant camp in Chiang Mai died on Friday, making it the 22nd elephant to die on the camp up to now two years. Without virtually no income from vacationers through the Covid-19 pandemic, many camps and sanctuaries have been struggling to provide care and food for the animals.
A 50 yr old male elephant named Krung Rattana died on Friday simply as staff were about to raise him into a truck to seek treatment on the Elephant Conservation Centre in nearby Lampang province. The elephant was chronically ill and had previously received full treatment from the camp’s veterinary team, but after not consuming a proper food plan for 2 years, the elephant did not survive.
Monks and a local doctor of people knowledge have since carried out a ceremony for the elephant to beat back harmful spirits, which involved lighting incense and offering sugarcane, earlier than burying Krung within the elephant cemetery.
Maesa camp government Anchalee Kalmapichit mentioned that a lot of the elephants that have died over the previous two years have been elderly and had well being issues, however she admits that the elephant camp has confronted problems all through the Covid-19 pandemic, largely regarding money. The camp used to have seventy eight elephants however 22 have died up to now two years.
Caring for Simple as ABC of money, explains Anchalee, because together they eat 10 tonnes of food every single day. Maesa has only 110 workers which are one-third of the 330 workers the camp had two years ago. Tourists used to volunteer at Maesa, but the camp hasn’t seen any tourism in a very long time. Now, the camp has solely 50 mahouts, or elephant trainers, with many having to care for two elephants.
When founding father of the elephant camp Chuchat Kalmaphicit died aged sixty two years previous, he left one billion baht in inheritance. However, the inheritance is presently not getting used to take care of the elephants as a result of it lies with the family members of the founder. Anchalee has offered land and her home to manage labour, meals and mahout costs.
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