Elephantstay and Ayutthaya Elephant Palace

The Royal Elephant Kraal Village and its tourist center, Ayutthaya Elephant Palace, in Ayutthaya, Thailand were founded by Laithongrien Meepan, an expert on elephant breeding, training, history, and culture, in 1996 (ref: wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephantstay). Ayutthaya, 85km north of Bangkok, is the former capital of Siam and was founded in 1530 (ref: https://wikitravel.org/en/Ayutthaya). It is home to …

Recommended Elephant Sanctuaries

I recently started an internship at ENN doing research alongside the admins. I started this internship not knowing a whole lot about elephants and the cruelty that they face in the name of “entertainment” and “tourism”. I began researching and found horrific videos and shocking photos of the torture that these majestic animals go through …

Elephant Hunting

Hunting big game in Africa is big business. African elephants are part of the “big-five”, a term referring to the five hardest animals to hunt on foot in Africa. We question the true meaning of “on foot” as we refer you to photo 2 on our photo collage and it appears the elephant has an …

Nosey and the Liebels

Above photo: Nosey at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee (TES) after her 2017 rescue When Nosey was three, she was captured in Zimbabwe and flown 22 hours to the USA by Arthur Jones, who wanted to create an “American herd” of elephants. She was one of 63 elephants who was captured by Jones. He gave …