The Great Elephant Escape

by Ann Van De Water and Liesbeth Sluiter

Street elephants are a common sight in Thailand. Some carry tourists on their backs, but most spend their days begging for food or money, urged on by their mahouts - their grooms and riders. The animals are often undernourished, in bad health, sleep next to garbage dumps, and walk along overcrowded

highways with wounded feet.

In the green pastures of the Elephant Nature Park, a sanctuary in northern Thailand, traumatized elephants can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9749511646
• ISBN13: 9789749511640
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Silkworm Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"