by Windy Borman | Sep 15, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
Soraida Salwala, founder of Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE), is quoted in the Bangkok Post, speaking out against Thailand’s attempt to create trade goodwill with Japan by exporting 2 baby Thai Elephants to the Osaka Zoo. Below is an excerpt from the...
by Windy Borman | Aug 23, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
I have received a few comments from people in the U.S. that they heard Motala’s first prosthesis broke. I can confirm that, yes, the prosthetic limb did break. It actually crumpled last week when she laid on it. The good news is Friends of the Asian Elephant...
by Windy Borman | Aug 23, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On my final production day, I interviewed Galen Garwood, a U.S. artist and filmmaker living in Chiang Mai who first became involved with the plight of the Thai Asian Elephants 10 years ago. His stories, articles, films and art share an underlying goal to educate...
by Windy Borman | Aug 21, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
In order to round out my elephant sightings, I visited the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, the government-sponsored elephant center that neighbors the FAE Elephant Hospital. I had received some mixed reviews about it prior to my visit, but seeing it with my own...
by Windy Borman | Aug 20, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On August 19 I journeyed north of Chiang Mai to the Elephant Nature Park, which was founded by Sangduen “Lek” Chailert in 1995. The ENP is basically a sanctuary for elephants Lek and her staff rescue from logging camps, trekking camps, villagers that find an orphaned...
by Windy Borman | Aug 20, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Today I joined my friend, Peter, on a trip to Northern Thailand. We stopped along the highway so I could film the scenic spots (i.e. rice patties at the base of mountains) and eventually made it to Mae Sai, the northern-most city in Thailand, bordering Myanmar...
