By Globe
Sept. 4, 2019
For over a century, elephants were Southeast Asia’s workhorses, used to pull logs razed from their forest homes. But what happens to those elephants when the logging stops?
Another day, another masterpiece for Meena the painting elephant. One day she’ll be a giant, but for now the four-year-old’s forehead comes just above that of her mahout, or handler, who guides her, paintbrush-in-trunk, to daub bright colours on paper. Meena is the star of the show at Maetaman Elephant Camp near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, a popular draw for tourists from across the world.
When the show is over, Meena is led back to her concrete holding pen, where she is tethered day and night by a half-metre long spiked chain around one ankle. She tries to avoid putting this foot down – whenever it touches the ground, the spikes bite into her flesh. Her mahout explains away her discomfort, saying she wears the spiked chain because she likes to kick.
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Sept. 4, 2019
For over a century, elephants were Southeast Asia’s workhorses, used to pull logs razed from their forest homes. But what happens to those elephants when the logging stops?
Another day, another masterpiece for Meena the painting elephant. One day she’ll be a giant, but for now the four-year-old’s forehead comes just above that of her mahout, or handler, who guides her, paintbrush-in-trunk, to daub bright colours on paper. Meena is the star of the show at Maetaman Elephant Camp near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, a popular draw for tourists from across the world.
When the show is over, Meena is led back to her concrete holding pen, where she is tethered day and night by a half-metre long spiked chain around one ankle. She tries to avoid putting this foot down – whenever it touches the ground, the spikes bite into her flesh. Her mahout explains away her discomfort, saying she wears the spiked chain because she likes to kick.
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