Elephant Conservation Centre, Thailand
We have just got back from the Elephant Conservation Centre just outside Chiang Mai, Thailand, where we did a 3 day Mahout training course. It was fantastic!
The morning we arrived we met our Mahouts (each working elephant has a Mahout who is assigned to them when they are about 3 years old. They work as a team for life, and the Mahout is responsible for training and looking after the elephant). Then they brought out Wanali, an 11 year old female (Emily's elepha...