2024

ELEPHANT BREEDING CENTER

Animal park and farm
2.5/5
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Opened in 1987, the Breeding Center is one of the world's first. Each elephant is assigned three carers: the phanit or driver, the second driver called patchghua, who feeds the pachyderm, and the mahout, who cleans the stalls. Nevertheless, these are elephants destined to be domesticated. They are chained, even the smallest ones, and penned in tin sheds, and the spectacle is a sight to behold despite the enduring tradition of elephant safaris. In fact, some lodges have ethically abandoned this practice.

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