Sak Surin is kept in a cage during its journey back to Thailand from Sri Lanka. The ailing pachyderm arrived in Chiang Mai on a repatriation flight before being transferred to an elephant care centre in neighbouring Lampang where it will be nursed back to health. (Photo: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation)
CHIANG MAI: Sak Surin, one of three elephants that Thailand gifted to Sri Lanka, returned home safely as he arrived in Chiang Mai on Sunday after 22 years away.
The elephant was kept in a cage that fits into the cargo hold of the Ilyushin IL-76 plane that flew her back. The air crew were joined by four veterinarians and two mahouts who had been sent to Sri Lanka earlier.
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