by Windy Borman | Sep 9, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE
Soraida emailed the following update on Baby Namfon, who was rejected by her mother and has been nursed at the FAE Elephant Hospital since this spring, and Motala, the elephant landmine survivor who received her her first prosthetic limb on August 15, 2009–10...
by Windy Borman | Aug 25, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE
Below is the email I received from Soraida Salwala, the Founder and Director of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand, regarding Motala, the elephant who receive her first prosthetic on August 16, 2009 after stepping on a...
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 17, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Today, I had the opportunity to interview Soraida Salwala, Founder and Director of Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE). Our two-hour interview turned into 6.5 hours of talking, which included lunch and tea. I found her to be a pillar of strength and a compassionate...
by Windy Borman | Aug 16, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Work on Motala’s prosthetic limb began at 9:00am this morning and shortly after lunch Motala took her first steps on her prosthetic limb. Soraida Salwala fed her small clumps of sugar cane and petted her trunk while the crew from the Prostheses Foundation first...
