Boon Mee an 11 year old elephant suffers from a severe wound on his
front foot from a land mine injury at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE)
elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National Reserve on August 28, 2011
Lampang, Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
A mahout tries to disinfect Boon Mee's wounded foot with some iodine
at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) elephant hospital in the Mae Yao
National Reserve on August 28, 2011 in Lampang, Thailand.
Boon Mee, 11, suffers from a severe wound on his front foot from
stepping on a land mine near the Burma border 10 months ago and
still needs daily medical care and cannot lay down.
(Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
Kittiya, a Veterinarian student at Chiang Mai University shakes
de-worming powder on Boon Mee's wounded foot at the Friends
of the Asian Elephant (FAE) elephant hospital in the Mae Yao
National Reserve on August 28, 2011 in ampang, Thailand.
(Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
Daw Boon gets his intravenous fluids adjusted by a mahout while
suffering from a stomach virus at the Friends of the Asian Elephant
(FAE) elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National Reserve
on August 28, 2011in Lampang, Thailand.
(Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
Mokay Dee,19, is treated for her infected stomach wound
by a team of mahouts along with Kittaya (Center) and Suchada
(right) who are both volunteer Veterinarian students from
Chiang Mai University at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE)
elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National Reserve on
August 28, 2011 in Lampang, Thailand.
(Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
Mokay Dee,19, is treated for her infected stomach wound by Kittaya
Center) and Suchada (right) who are both volunteer Veterinarian
students from Chiang Mai University at the Friends of
the Asian Elephant (FAE) elephant hospital in the Mae Yao
National Reserve on August 28, 2011 in Lampang, Thailand.
(Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)
A mahout removes the prosthetic from Motala, age 50, at the Friends
of the Asian Elephant (FAE) elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National
Reserve August 29, 2011 Lampang,Thailand. Motala lost a foot many years
back after stepping on a land mine and now is on her third
prosthetic, as they need to be changed according to the
weight of the elephant. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
Motala, age 50, stands in the afternoon sun with the new prosthetic
made for her at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE)
elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National Reserve August 29, 2011
Lampang,Thailand. The world's first elephant hospital assists
in medical care and helps to promote a better understanding
of the elephant's physiology, important in treating them for illness.
For generations elephants have been a part of the Thai culture,
although today the Thai elephant mostly is domesticated animal,
since Thailand now has few working elephants. Many are used
in the tourism sector at special elephant parks or zoos, where
they perform in shows. In some cases Thailand is still deals
with roaming elephants on the city streets, usually after the
mahout, an elephant driver, becomes unemployed, which often
causes the elephant serious stress.
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