Nov 26

Elephants and Tourists

Daily Photos from Thailand

Monday 26th November, 2007 at 21:39:33| Words: 75 words | Category: News Photos

Tourist elephants

A baby elephant tethered to its mother reaches out to a tourist in Surin, northeast Thailand. Every year hundreds of elephants and mahouts head to the city to take part in the country's biggest elephant festival, selling sugarcane to tourists to feed them, and taking them for rides around town. With logging banned in 1989, more babies are hitting streets and trekking camps to meet tourism-driven demand for docile, good-looking animals.  REUTERS/Gillian Murdoch (THAILAND)


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