Phonpraphanimit

 Elephant is an honored animal for Thai people for ages. In ancient Thai Kingdom, elephant is animal of the Kings. Nowadays, there are many elephant village in Thailand. The Elephant Village in Pattaya was established in 1973 as a sanctuary for former working elephants. These elephants, through reasons of injury or ill health, can no longer be used as a part of the backbone of heavy work in the jungles of Thailand. Also because of their diminishing habitat, it is now longer possible to return them to the wild.