Just quick update on photos of Seven who is turning one year old next month, I took this picture yesterday as we went to visit him and elephant hospital. When we got there we found that the mahout of Seven is feeding his elephant  with special infant formula.

Now seven becomes much healthier than when first arrived at the elephant hospital as his mother did not have milk for her second baby..

This morning I was surprised by Prathida as she was trying to help her tourist not to fall off her head as that tourist was dismounting on Prathida 's head.. but that tourists did not jump as high as she can. So she was stuck on Prathida's trunk.

Suddenly Prathida she was trying to lift her head to help that tourist not to fall off and she still held on so that tourists can climb on Prathida's head.. Vow It's really amazing how that elephant realize about the human can get injury from falling off.

I realized that the longer I stay at Thai Elephant Conservation Center is the more I love Prathida and this place. I think many people also realize about this lovely elephant  like Helen Bunn who come along from England, Nola from Australia and Nicole from Macay Australia.. This lovely tourists always keep coming for this elephant... I wish to meet you guys soon..

Sincerest thanks,

Supat Sutti

Here is recently added photo of Prathida this morning with her mahout in the three day mahout training course and they are leaving this morning..

At the camp the rain keeps pouring every single day and it makes elephants happy and some elephants become very muddy in the morning every day... and it causes mahout headache as they have to clean thick mud off from their elephant..

Today I had opportunity to visit Seven and his mother at the stable closed to the elephant hospital with our tourists who join our three day mahout training course during 13-15 of June.. we have 8 tourists from America.

It was quite heavy rain while we were feeding Seven, and seems Seven love to play in the rain so much...

Seven was born in Chiang Mai on 7 of July 2007 that why he was named " Seven" he came to the elephant hospital as his mother did not have enough milk for him as the new born baby elephant has to drink milk from their mother within 8-12 hours. Since he has been staying at the camp with very cared of the mahout and the vet. Seven becomes healthy and cheerful as the first time he came to the hospital he was very very skinny.

Now Seven is different than the past as he is bigger and stronger..

Just quick post to say happy bithday of our lovely elephant " Nau Oon" who just turned completely 4 years old today.   Nau Oon was born on 12 of June 2004 by her greatest mother " Sing Khon" I remember that I went to the forest to pick up this baby elephants with Berm the mahout of Singha Khon around 06:30 Am. as Singha Khon she gave birth of her second baby in the forest by herself. Singha Khon she had nursed and took care of her baby without any body' s help that why I call her greatest mother. It's said that good elephant will give birth of the baby elephant every 5 years as pregnancy of elephant lasts about 2 years or 22 months and nursing takes about 3 years.

In the same morning we brought baby elephant and her mother to the camp site so the vet can check the baby health and we could provide them good medical cares. I remenber that I just walk behind of them to the camp with very sleepy hairs as I just slept very well at that morning as the rain kept drizzling..

Nau Oon when she is first born, she looked very cute and tiny and then after one month later she could run and play around her mother.. I just want to turn back time so that I could capture that moment..

You are very welcome to add some sentences of happy birthday to Nau Oon..

Like every day I wake up at 06:00 Am. and then walk to homestay accommodation to get the tourists to collect their elephants from the forest.  Some tourists are pretty late so I have to shout " We have to goooooooooooooooooo now"

So this morning we went to the forest with Pat, her name is like me too and Elika who come along from USA to join our three day mahout training course during 10-12 of June.

When we went back from the forest and I took this picture on the way back to the camp as very pretty blue sky..