by Windy Borman | Jul 13, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
July 12, 2010–According to The Washington Post, “Bangkok authorities said Monday anyone caught handing bunches of bananas or sugar cane to the hulking beasts – proffered by their handlers to make money – faces a $320 (10,000 baht) fine.”...
by Windy Borman | Jul 7, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
July 7, 2010– Soraida Salwala, the founder of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital, wrote to share that the Prostheses Foundation had returned to inspect and adjust the prostheses on two elephant landmine survivors, Mosha and Motala, both...
by Windy Borman | Jul 2, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
July 2, 2010– Elephant Parade is a conservation campaign that shines a multi-coloured spotlight on the urgent crisis faced by the endangered Asian elephant. Brought to you by www.elephantfamily.org, the event sees over 250 brightly painted life-size elephants...
by Windy Borman | Jun 30, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
June 30, 2010– We’re in the final hours of our fundraising push… In order to help independent films reach their fund-raising goals, IndieGoGo has offered to donate an additional 5% to any film that hits its goal by TODAY (June 30, 2010). We’ve...
by Windy Borman | Jun 29, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
June 29, 2010– Below is an excerpt from the Shanghai Daily: A RARE white elephant has been captured in the jungles of Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens, state media reported yesterday. Forestry officials found the...
by Windy Borman | Jun 28, 2010 | Action Alert, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
June 28, 2010– In order to help independent films reach their fund-raising goals, IndieGoGo has offered to donate an additional 5% to any film that hits its goal by June 30, 2010. We’ve set a goal of $2,000 and we think we can make it–especially...
