by Windy Borman | Dec 13, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE
December 12, 2009–New patient who arrived yesterday, MaeNoi, an eleven year old pregnant elephant, has been relieved from bloat. MaeNoi is already 15 months pregnant which means she was pregnant when she was only less than 10 years old. [According to Wikipedia, female...
by Windy Borman | Dec 13, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
Namfon is the youngest elephant at FAE. Earlier in 2009, we reported that: Namfon was disowned by her mother, Boonpan, shorty after she was born on April 27, 2009. Because elephants are social creatures, they learn parenting skills from the matriarchs in their...
by Windy Borman | Nov 23, 2009 | Blog Guests, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Coco Hall has been an animal activist since 1991 when she spent six weeks on the Sea Shepard crew. She has been focused on elephants for seven years, working to release the seven elephants at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, supporting elephant sanctuaries such as PAWS in...
by Windy Borman | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog Guests, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Author Coco Hall shares an excerpt from Elephant Girl, her graphic novel based on the life of Calle the elephant, who was euthanized by the San Francisco Zoo in 2004. Intertwined with her story is that of a young girl who lives a parallel life. Both kidnapped in India...
by Windy Borman | Nov 12, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
In Defense of Animals (IDA) announced that India has banned elephants from zoos and circuses, citing the abusive treatment and confinement: San Rafael, Calif. (November 12, 2009)–In Defense of Animals (IDA) today hailed the recent ruling by India’s Central Zoo...
