By Jonny Berry | Project Leader
Thank you for your ongoing support of the Elephant Welfare and Sustainable Income in Thailand project.
We are pleased to report that in Huay Pakoot our project has managed to hire a new mahout for the young female elephant Bifern. She is the cousin of baby Lah Lah.
It is great to see Lah Lah and Bifern spending time together. Bifern has been been a great help for Lah Lahs development, whilst living in the forest.
This has also helped Bifern's owner free up more time to focus on their own income and increase the time they can spend with their family at home. Bifern has now moved completely into the conservation forest and is happily enjoying her life there.
Our research work continues. Recently an intern was analysing the data on one of our elephants, Thong Dee. She was comparing the difference between data taken in the morning and data taken in the afternoon. The aim of this project was to not only gain a wider knowledge of elephant behaviour throughout the day but also help decide whether, if possible, we should start taking afternoon data on more elephants to learn more about elephant behaviour throughout the day.
We found her analysis and research really helpful and look forward to using it to potentially adjust our schedules and hopefully expand our database.
Our project has also had a focus on plastic reduction. We have had awareness raising campaigns on social media. We have also been working on an eco bricks initiative in the village to ensure plastics are reused in a meaningful way that does not impact the environment. It's also great to acknowledge where local businesses are saying '"no'' to plastics. One example is a local cafe using bamboo straws and avoiding the use of plastic straws. Tackling the issues of plastics goes hand in hand with the objectives of our project.
We appreciate your ongoing support and look forward to providing our next update.
By Thailand team | Project leaders
By Nicholas Relich | Project Manager
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