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is it ethical to visit elephants it is good for risky elephants because
elephant needs support from the people
don't thinking when you come and we see elephants bad and wrong the elephant people human is good
for them we're taking care elephants and a child like like elephant freedom like century we love
them we care about them we feed them bring the exercise walking so we would like to see
how beautiful our elephant so don't thinking like but for this elephant you should to come and see
how beautiful of them here if you stay at chai Lai you will see elephants have a freedom
nobody hurt them nobody use them for riding and no one use them for working so this is elephant life
i actually got really emotional yesterday because when you took us into the jungle and we saw the
elephants in their natural habitat in the jungle and i saw them happy and i saw the meeting the
bamboos it really touched me because beforehand i had a lot of information that they've been heard
and used for logging and you know transporting people and and it's sad for me it hurts me to
see the elephant suffering but when i saw them here so happy and the way you have the bond with
them the way you speak to them and communicate with them it was very special to me we never
thinking elephants as animals we think that our brother and sister so we love them we
protect them but i never think i'm the owner i think like who come and feed elephant that
you also own them can elephant tourism help the elephants when the tourists coming start coming
and see elephant in thailand so all of elephants have better life before the tourists not coming so
yeah of course some some part of thailand they do elephant logging because one elephant eat a lot
like 300 kilos per day one mind that we have to buy about 7 000 baht for food so that time people
also know chai if not use elephant work so no food for them but when the tourists start coming
so touristy like these are beautiful animals so it should and book the packet and come and feed them
and play with them so that you have a lot the tourism here a lot of elephant
we found information online that chai lai orchid helps women in abusive relationships give them
work and give them place to stay as somebody who has been through a similar situation i would
like to know more about it i can tell you and talking about the daughter rising i would like to
everybody know why i'm come and working with chai lai i'm very fine elephant here because
when elephants stay here they have better life and the second one i work here because this
project daughter rising because this project helping the women better life a lot food so
most of the girl that marries very very young same like my mom she married when she 11 years
and some of my mom friends she married when she eight year and nine years that one i work here
because i have daughter rising so they support the woman help people about working give their job
and support about study more than 40 or 45 people and now i can tell the people from my village
who want to study you don't need to stop come and talk with chai lai i like you support you better
life and women better life beautiful that's a beautiful beautiful course and it's beautiful
to know that when you come here it's not only that you get this have this unique experience
but you also support you the elephants you support the karen hill tribe you support the women in need
and this is just such a beautiful cause thank you so much you're welcome we hopefully we will rescue
more elephants if we can do that but we have to wait and look in the situation about the covid19
because it's look difficult if elephants have no food not enough food
we can rescue 10 more 11 more elephants here but if no food for them that we're gonna feel sad
we've reached a little spot through the jungle so they're gonna be taking us to the waterfall
they said the elephants will drink water only if they smell it and they like it
it's clean it's fresh otherwise they wouldn't drink the water
so
there is no words that you could explain this
the most powerful the most powerful moment for us was when you went into the jungle
and you saw the elephant in its own habited
roaming freely and being happy eating bamboo sticks this was beautiful
this was so powerful it was truly powerful this was the first time i see an elephant
in the power of this gentle giant and at the same time being so humble and being so human
is impressive and to know that they're happy in their own habitat is a relief for me because since
we have been in thailand we have heard so much about elephants not not seeing them
don't support the tourism of the elephants so we have been holding back not seeing them but
now knowing the true story knowing that they're rescued and they're being looked
after and if they're not being looked after they wouldn't be able to survive in the wild
it's a relief to see them happy is a relief i'm really sorry for being emotional i just
got a little bit upset because i have been holding so many emotions about these elephants
but seeing them happy these are happy tears these are true tears from happiness
so
so we had a lot of unanswered questions about whether it's right whether it's wrong to go and
see elephants as tourists in thailand we spoke a lot about whether we're actually
going to go and see the elephants we had a lot of unanswered questions and i think
a lot of them now have been answered um you know on the surface charla orchid for me seems like a
very safe place and they care a lot not just about the animals but also the people that are involved
in this whole project i hope it's answered some questions that you may have yourself
i'm comfortable with this sanctuary but you've got to make your own decision
so i really hope you enjoy this video and we'll see you guys next time
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