Thong Bai, who has been used as a model to promote a local beer brand, in chains, in his shed in Baan Ta Klang village, Surin on Feb 2, 2023 (Photos: The New York Times)
SURIN: Lucky was busy munching on some freshly cut grass when she spotted a special treat a tourist was holding out. She dropped her next mouthful of greens and extended her trunk, asking for the banana.
For the first time in nine years, Lucky, 32, was back in her home village in rural Surin province in northeastern Thailand, where tourists are much rarer than on the resort island where she used to work.
“She loves bananas the most; also sugar cane or watermelon,” said Lucky’s caretaker, Aon Salangam. His magnificently intimidating elephant may weigh almost…
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