A mahout feeds Sak Surin at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang on Monday. (Photo: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation)
Ailing Thai jumbo Sak Surin is in 30-day quarantine at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang province after being flown from Sri Lanka to Chiang Mai on Sunday.
Varawut Silpa-archa, the caretaker minister of natural resources and environment, said that after the plane with Sak Surin landed at Chiang Mai airport at 2.03pm on Sunday, the elephant was taken by truck to the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang that evening.
The male elephant was immediately put in quarantine and will be closely monitored for disease for at least 30 days, as required by…
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