Kanchana added that she had visited Plai Si Narong in Sri Lanka, and his condition is not worrisome. However, she said, she is concerned about Plai Pratu Pha as he is about 48 years old.
“I was not allowed to meet Plai Pratu Pha because he was in heat,” she said, adding that she will go to Sri Lanka again to visit the elephant.
Plai Pratu Pha was the first elephant Thailand gifted Sri Lanka as a gesture of goodwill in 1980. Plai Si Narong and Plai Sak Surin were gifted to Sri Lanka in 2001.
The Sri Lankan government then gave these elephants to temples to serve as carriers of Buddha relics during religious ceremonies.
Thailand was recently asked to take Plai Sak Surin back after he began developing severe health problems. He is in quarantine in Lampang now, and…
