by Windy Borman | Mar 16, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
March 16, 2010–Last week we reported the Prostheses Foundation built Motala, an elephant landmine survivor at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital, a new prosthetic limb. On March 13, 2010 (Thailand’s National Elephant Day), the...
by Windy Borman | Mar 15, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
For more information about the Ivory Ban, please check out this recent article by Time, which discusses the history of the ivory ban and the consequences that could happen, were it lifted. Below is a copy of an email from Avaaz.org, the online petition site asking...
by Windy Borman | Mar 13, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
March 13, 2010–Today is Thailand’s National Elephant Day. I asked Soraida Salwala, the founder of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital, what the national holiday means to her and the staff and elephants at FAE’s Elephant...
by Windy Borman | Mar 12, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On March 10, 2010, I reported that the Prostheses Foundation began making a new prosthesis for Motala, an elephant landmine survivor featured in The Eyes of Thailand and a permanent resident of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital outside of...
by Windy Borman | Mar 10, 2010 | Action Alert, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
This is a re-posting from the AVAAZ.org website: Save the Elephants: STOP BLOODY IVORY This week, two countries are seeking to break the worldwide ban on ivory trading — a decision that could wipe out whole elephant populations and bring these magnificent...
by Windy Borman | Mar 10, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
In preparation for Thailand’s National Elephant Day on March 13, the Prostheses Foundation began molding a new prosthetic leg for elephant landmine survivor, Motala. Motala stepped on a landmine on August 15, 1999. She received her first prosthetic limb 10...
