Food appeal for stranded elephants
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Some 15 elephants, along with seven families of mahouts, have been stranded in the rising flood waters at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya's Suan Prik district.
Pineapple plants and drinking water for the elephants and drinking water for the mahout families were needed as well as boats to deliver the items to them, said Ewa Narkiewicz, communications director of Elephantstay at the Royal Elephant Kraal.
While the government was trying to help flood victims, assistance was also needed for the affected elephants, Elephantstay urged. It invited those interested in sending elephant food and drinking water to contact (080) 668 7727 (English) or (081) 821 7065 (Thai).
Seventy of the kraal’s elephants had been moved to higher ground. But the eight mother elephants and their seven babies remained in the kraal as at first it was believed to be safe enough for them.
But now the flood water level has risen by more than two metres, too deep for the animals to swim out, especially the seven baby elephants that are under two years old.
