by Windy Borman | Sep 13, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
I am writing with an update on Boonmee, the 10-year elephant landmine victim that arrived at FAE’s Elephant Hospital today. Soraida Salwala, FAE’s founder, sent me the following email: Boonmee is a 10-year old Thai elephant. She was taken across the border...
by Windy Borman | Sep 13, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On August 5, 2010, I wrote that Mae ka pae, a 22-year old elephant that stepped on a landmine along the Thia-Myanmar border, had arrived at FAE’s Elephant Hospital. Sadly, I have to report that a fourth elephant, Boonmee, a 10-year old Thai elephant who was...
by Windy Borman | Aug 18, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
August 18, 2010–Below is an excerpt from Kevin James Moore’s August 9th article on the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital and the on-going threat of landmines: Mosha was walking alongside her mother through the jungles that cover the...
by Windy Borman | Aug 16, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director, Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bittersweet Anniversary of Elephant Landmine Survivor’s First Steps San Francisco, CA – August 16, 2010 – One year ago documentary filmmaker Windy Borman recorded the step heard round the world. After 10 years of surgery and rehabilitation,...
by Windy Borman | Aug 5, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
August 5, 2010–Yesterday I shared that Mae Ka Pae, a 22-year old elephant, who stepped on a landmine along the Thai-Burma border, arrived at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand. Below is an update from the Associate...
