by Windy Borman | Apr 9, 2010 | Blog Guests, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
The Eyes of Thailand fan and supporter Belinda Ogley visited FAE’s Elephant Hospital in February. Here is what she had to say: In February 2010, I flew from Heathrow to Thailand, heading for Sukhothai where I had arranged to stay in the guest house of Boon...
by Windy Borman | Apr 7, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
April 7, 2010–In addition to building prosthetic limbs for elephants (like Mosha and Motala) that step on landmines, the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital also treats elephants for everything from illness to injuries. On February 19, 2010,...
by Windy Borman | Apr 5, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Baby Mosha, an elephant landmine survivor at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital and featured in the documentary The Eyes of Thailand, is growing so fast, the Prostheses Foundation had to return to FAE and adjust her prosthesis again. On March...
by Windy Borman | Apr 2, 2010 | Action Alert, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On March 18, 2010, Baby Nampet arrived at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital from Chiang Mai. He was walking on the road when a vehicle hit him. This is a daily threat and a sad reality for many street elephants in Thailand. Luckily for...
by Windy Borman | Mar 30, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On March 27, 2010, I attended the Performing Animals Welfare Society (PAWS) Summit for Elephants. It was wonderful to be in a room full of elephant advocates and brainstorm about how to protect Asian and African elephants in captivity and the wild. Those in...
by Windy Borman | Mar 25, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
March 25, 2010–Like many of our fellow elephant supporters, we’ve watched and read the updates coming out of the Convention on International Trading in Endangered Species (CITIES) in Doha this month. Today we are happy to report that the requests from...
