Baby Elephant Loves Cuddling with Arthur (Original)

Arthur and I travelled to Chiang Mai, Thailand, from Toronto, Canada, in December 2012 and visited the Patara Elephant Farm to become elephant owners for the day. Unlike other Elephant Parks in Chiang Mai, the staff and owners at Patara focus solely on the health-care and breeding management for these endangered species and aid the recovery process for elephants injured by mine bombs - tourists come second. When we arrived, we really had to work hard and learn what it meant to take care of these ama