by Windy Borman | Jun 18, 2010 | Action Alert, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
June 18, 2010– The International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos (IDAEZ) takes place this Saturday (June 19, 2010), with more than 30 events in five countries. You can help the elephants, even if you don’t live near a zoo, in two ways: Send a message to the...
by Windy Borman | Jun 16, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
June 16, 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, injuries and sometimes they treat...
by Windy Borman | Jun 15, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
June 15, 2010– I just found this video (dated March 27, 2008) from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) of Deepak and Baba, two orphaned Asian elephant calves who got a second chance to live freely in India. Rescued when they were just a few months...
by Windy Borman | Jun 11, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
The International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos (IDAEZ) on June 19, 2010 is a global event aimed at bringing attention to the plight of elephants in zoos and ending their suffering. Last year, committed activists in 33 cities in 7 countries held outreach events...
by Windy Borman | Jun 10, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the nation’s largest natural habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered African and Asian elephants. It operates on 2,700 acres in Hohenwald, Tennessee. NewsChannel 5 reporter Nick Beres takes an...
by Windy Borman | Jun 8, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
June 8, 2010– Below are the first pictures of the new baby elephant at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand. Maenoi, a patient at FAE’s Elephant hospital, went into labor on June 8, 2010 and delivered the male calf...
