by Windy Borman | Dec 22, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
December 22, 2009– Baby Mosha, a 3-year old Asian Elephant who stepped on a landmine when she was 7-months old, will receive a new prosthetic limb from the Prostheses Foundation at FAE’s Elephant Hospital on January 2, 2010. On August 15, 2009, I filmed...
by Windy Borman | Dec 21, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
I have some sad news to share. On December 18, 2009, Soraida wrote: At 8.55 p.m. Baby Namfon fell on the sand and we helped her up, trying to walk her to the mattresses but she resisted. Now she is standing but shaking, urinated what we think has blood in it but will...
by Windy Borman | Dec 14, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
Unfortunately, Soraida and the vets at FAE cannot save every elephant that visits their hospital. Tahnee was a 70+-year old elephant Asian Elephant and a permanent resident at FAE. (Elephants can live for 60-80 years). On December 5, 2009, Tahnee’s health...
by Windy Borman | Dec 13, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
Namfon is the youngest elephant at FAE. Earlier in 2009, we reported that: Namfon was disowned by her mother, Boonpan, shorty after she was born on April 27, 2009. Because elephants are social creatures, they learn parenting skills from the matriarchs in their...
by Windy Borman | Nov 23, 2009 | Blog Guests, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Coco Hall has been an animal activist since 1991 when she spent six weeks on the Sea Shepard crew. She has been focused on elephants for seven years, working to release the seven elephants at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, supporting elephant sanctuaries such as PAWS in...
by Windy Borman | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog Guests, Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Author Coco Hall shares an excerpt from Elephant Girl, her graphic novel based on the life of Calle the elephant, who was euthanized by the San Francisco Zoo in 2004. Intertwined with her story is that of a young girl who lives a parallel life. Both kidnapped in India...
