Thai Elephant, National Symbol

       Elephants are extremely sociable animals. They have the innate ability to swim, laugh and play soccer freely. Wild elephants once freely roamed from Cambodia, Burma, and Laos to Thailand. In 1988, there were approximately 2k elephants that thrived in Thailand. When logging was banned in 1989, it devastated the elephant population. They were used to harvest the teak forests. Now, they are on the endangered species list.

     They are interwoven into their culture and history. They were once inseparable from their legends & spiritual way of life.

     ~Hal S. Kataoka, Masters Educational Psychology, inspirantphotographer.com