Nathalie Emmanuel_Instagram_10/01/2019

Phuket Elephant Sanctuary nathalieemmanuel Big shout out and appreciation post for @phuketelephantsanctuary who, for the last 2 years, have been giving a safe home, medical care and rehabilitation to older abused and neglected female elephants... usually from the tourism industry.... Why just females you ask? Well, the males are still valuable even into old age because of the fact they have tusks which can be sold after they die... females on the other hand are worthless once they can no longer give birth, are too old to carry tourists on their backs or prance around in shows... This sanctuary is certified as ethical as you observe the elephants from a distance in their grounds where the elephants roam free. You then can feed them from a safe distance too. Which was pretty magical. And if this place isn’t amazing enough, they provide a meal afterwards that is vegan (other than a dish or two containing egg) because here they “eat what elephants eat”... and my experience was that this was not typical in Thai c