Monday, September 1, 2008

National Thai Elephant Day By Richard Barrow

Elephants are fed with banana trees, sugarcane and fruit during a feeding ceremony on the grounds at the Maesa elephant camp in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand Sunday, March 13, 2005. The ceremony was held to mark the country's 'Elephant Day' participated by nearly 100 elephants. (AP Photo/Vichai Taprieu)

A Thai mahout watches his colleagues bath elephants in a stream at Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang province, northern Thailand. The center, located amidst the teak forest just outside Lampang city, is one of the country's tourist destines, besides daily showing the performance of the pachyderms, it also housing the world's only elephant hospital. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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