Elephant trainer washing his elephant.

Chiang Dao Elephant Camp

Northern Thailand , 2002

These are the famous elephant camps that now depend on tourism to pay for the survival of these elephants. Since the logging of the rainforest has been banned in Thailand, these long lived animals have no jobs, and cannot be released into the wild.

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