Elephants In Thailand

The Thai elephant is the official national animal of Thailand.  The elephant found in Thailand is the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), a subspecies of the Asian elephant. In the mid 1900s there were an expected 100,000 hostage elephants in Thailand.

Elephants have been utilized by people to play out various errands for about 5000 years, yet while individuals have reliably benefitted, this relationship has not been significantly advantageous to the elephants. Loved all through Thailand, elephants have enormously affected Thai culture, legend, and religion, however the profound regard held for the species is tragically not frequently reflected in that frame of mind of individual elephants. Broad maltreatment, poaching, deforestation, expanded the travel industry, cultivating, and a tremendous decrease in natural surroundings have all added to a quick decrease in elephant numbers, and Asian elephants are presently formally an imperiled species.