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...
by Windy Borman | Jun 7, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
June 7, 2010–It is with a great sigh of relief that I write to share Soraida Salwala, the founder of The Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital featured in the documentary The Eyes of Thailand, and the elephants and staff at FAE are safe after the...
by Windy Borman | May 20, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
May 20, 2010–I’ve never used this blog to promote or comment on a national political situation before, but the conflict in Thailand has finally reached such a heightened state it is effecting regions outside Bangkok, including rural areas in the northeast...
by Windy Borman | May 17, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Yesterday my friend Marc forwarded a link of an elephant painting a picture at a tourist camp in Thailand. Perhaps you’ve seen it floating around YouTube? Marc asked me what I thought and I told him, but instead of just sharing it with him, I figured more may...
