by windyborman | Sep 28, 2011 | Blog Guests, Eyes of Thailand
by Michael Wysocki You and I have chosen to care and be a part of a pure thing in this world, but no living creature is exempt from the wrath of Man’s greed. Soraida works very hard to protect the FAE hospital, and anyone and any Elephant within it, from the corrupt,...
by windyborman | Sep 12, 2011 | Eyes of Thailand, Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE While most of the United States was busy marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, half a world away, an endangered Asian Elephant suffered a brutal reminder of the ongoing war raging in Burma (Myanmar). San Francisco, CA –...
by windyborman | Sep 12, 2011 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Soraida Salwala, the Founder for the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Hospital, sent the following email: On Sunday morning (11th September, 2011) Dr. Preecha called me to inform that a Sidor, a male [elephant] without tusk, stepped on a landmine in Burma. I had...
by windyborman | Jan 6, 2011 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
The Monitor released its twelfth annual Landmine Monitor report globally on November 24, 2010 during a press conference in Geneva. Landmine Monitor 2010 provides a summary and analysis of developments in 2009 and the first portion of 2010 related to mine ban policy...
by windyborman | Nov 3, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Today the Prostheses Foundation returned with the new “tester” prosthesis for Motala. Initially it looked like the shank of the limb was too short because Motala was swinging her leg without putting any weight on it. After Soraida Salwala (FAE’s Founder) spoke to...
