by Windy Borman | May 30, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
According to the North County Times, before the San Diego Zoo used crates, cranes and trucks to move its Asian Elephants from the Wild Animal Park to the Zoo, Suzanne Roy, program manager for the international animal protection organization In Defense of Animals, said...
by Windy Borman | May 27, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Please take a moment to check out the pictures of the month-old Asian Elephant calf on her first stroll at the Moscow Zoo: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/05/asian-elephant-calf-moscow-zoo.html Regardless of how you feel about zoos, baby elephants sure...
by Windy Borman | May 25, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On April 24, 2009, actress/comedienne and animal advocate Georja Umano attended a 3-day Summit for Elephants at ARK 2000, a Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary in San Andreas, CA. The gathering drew everyone from veterinarians and trainers, to...
by Windy Borman | May 24, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
“Richard Lair, from San Francisco, California, has intensively studied the Asian elephant for 27 years and is presently Advisor and International Relations Officer at the National Elephant Institute of Thailand, based at the Forest Industry Organization’s...
by Windy Borman | May 23, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On May 15, 2009, the San Diego Zoo moved several of its elephants, which include 6 Asian Elephants, using crates and cranes to their new home “Elephant Odyssey”, which opens May 23, 2009. You can read more about the move by reading Ron Ringer’s blog...
by Windy Borman | May 22, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Usually when I mention I’m producing “The Eyes of Thailand”, a documentary on the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital, someone in the group asks, “Is that near where they have the painting elephants?”, obviously...
