Elephant Nature Park

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Chang Yim was born at Elephant Nature Park on July 12, 2009. His name means Smiling Elephant. His mother is Dok Ngern and he has a little sister named Dok Mai. He is the second baby ever to be born and conceived at Elephant Nature Park from resident elephants. Chang Yim has not h

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Born on 17 April 2009 at Elephant Nature Park, Faa Mai, meaning “New Sky”, was the first calf born at the park to one of our resident elephants. Her mother, Mae Bua Thong, was rescued in July 2005 along with her daughter, Tong Jaan, who was just six months old at the time. Faa Ma

Fah Mui

Named after a rare blue-purple orchid, Fah Mui’s journey to freedom was as unique as her name. At 39, she worked in one of Pattaya’s largest riding camps, enduring long, exhausting days in the tourism industry.

Hope

Rescued from Trekking Camp

Hope was born in August 2000. Hope’s mother was a trekking elephant who was forced to stop working due to illness. Hope and his mother were moving to stay in forest near the owner’s home in the hope that the return to her natural environment would aid her recovery. Sadly, this wa

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Rescued from Logging Camp

Jokia, whose name means “Eye from Heaven”, was born in 1960. She was rescued in 1999 from illegal logging and extreme abuse. While pulling a log uphill, Jokia suffered a miscarriage but was not allowed to stop to check whether her calf was dead or alive. This event caused her imm

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Rescued from Kanchanaburi Trekking Camp

KhamLa (darling) was born in 2011. At that time, her mother was working at a trekking camp in Kanchanaburi. KhamLa was separated from her mother and put through phajaan to break her spirit so that she would submit to the will of humans. She was then subjected to the cruel trainin