10-year old Boonmee stepped on a landmine along the Thai-Burma border.
On August 5, 2010, I wrote that Mae ka pae, a 22-year old elephant that stepped on a landmine along the Thia-Myanmar border, had arrived at FAE’s Elephant Hospital. Sadly, I have to report that a fourth elephant, Boonmee, a 10-year old Thai elephant who was accompanying her mother to work in Burma, has also stepped on a landmine and is being treated at FAE.
Boonmee is the 4th elephant landmine survivor currently at FAE's Elephant Hospital.
Boonmee (10) joins elephant landmine survivors Mae ka pae (22), Motala (49) and Baby Mosha (5) at FAE. Motala and Mosha each received a prosthetic limb from the Prostheses Foundation in 2009, a process I filmed for “The Eyes of Thailand” documentary.
If I wasn’t so stunned and sad, I’d be outraged that this keeps happening.
Due to this recent increase in elephant landmine accidents, I’m going back to Thailand in October – November 2010 to film more footage. I thought I could finish the film with a happy ending–when Motala and Mosha each walked on their prostheses–but now I see that isn’t the case because elephant landmine injuries keep happening.
In order to return to Thailand this fall, I need to raise $3,000, so I’m asking for your help. Can you make a tax-deductible donation to the film to help me travel to the Elephant Hospital to film the new survivors? All donations are tax-deductible through the film’s fiscal sponsor, the San Francisco Film Society, and donations of any size help. Please make your tax-deductible donation here.
Thank you for helping me tell this much-needed story about the plight of Asian Elephants and the ongoing threat of landmines!
Sincerely,
Windy Borman
Director/Producer “The Eyes of Thailand”
