Luang Prabang, Laos – Elephant Village is proud to welcome the newest member to our camp. Mae Khoun Mii, meaning ‘Has Merit’ in Lao, arrived at our camp in Ban Xieng Lom on 21 August 2014. She had faced many years being used as a beast of burden, and at a stately age of 35 years old this […]
An Alternative For Elephants To Logging
Known as Lan Xang, or the “Land of a Million Elephants”, the Lao PDR historically had large and widely distributed populations of both wild and domesticated elephants. As a living icon with symbolic connotations, the elephant is an animal dear to the hearts of all people of Laos, and Asia in general. They also hold […]
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