ANIMAL WELFARE
Most captive elephants 'suffering'
- Published: 27 Nov 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Most elephants living in captivity across the country suffer from work overload, malnutrition, and poor living conditions, says the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre.
Sittidet Mahasawongkul, head of the Lampang-based centre's elephant hospital yesterday said he and his team recently conducted elephant health check-ups at several elephant camps and found most of the animals were ailing due to poor care.
There are about 2,000 captive elephants in shelters across the country.
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