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The jungle’s not a peaceful place (but the silence here is resounding)

By John Roberts
25 April 2012 04:24:00

You may remember, earlier in the year, the furore surrounding the discovery that elephants were being hunted within Thailand’s National Protected Area system both for their ivory and for their meat.  The discovery bought into focus something that regular readers of this column will have.....

Changing an elephant's luck? (Bye, bye Plai Tawan)

By John Roberts
8 April 2012 04:58:00

Perhaps surprisingly, I’m not much of a believer in karmic luck, I don’t deny that little random events will happen from time to time that change the outcome of a day or of an event, that may allow a positive outcome to an endeavour even when one is not deserved or perhaps cause a back-up.....

Baby if you can’t change yourself, maybe you should just change the world (a glimpse into Thailand’s Government elephant training centre)

By John Roberts
20 March 2012 01:19:00

Some time ago, in one of my tequila hazes, I introduced you to Dr Gerardo Martinez, a Mexican vet from Africam Safari in Puebla who has, over the past year or so visited the Golden Triangle and helped us introduce our mahouts to a new method of training, something (as I’ve said ad nauseum,.....

On Geese and Ganders (a note on the recent elephant camp raids and confiscations)

By John Roberts
29 February 2012 07:04:00

You can’t see it, but I’m wearing my stern face. Before I go on I’d like all of you to apologise to Dr Gerardo Martinez about whose ground breaking work I’ve been trying to write and tell you ever since early February.  The trouble is, every time I get into a happy.....

Elephants of dubious origin (& memories of an older journey)

By John Roberts
4 February 2012 04:08:00

It was the venerable Otto von Bismark who noted, some time ago, that only a fool learns from his mistakes, a wise man, the great German unifier noted, learns from the mistakes of others. Well, it is generally accepted in the bars and restaurants of the Golden Triangle and in the halls of elephant.....

 

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Flirting with charming two-ton beauties and playing with jumbo babies, our Elephant Guru's blog introduces our colourful cast of gentle giants.

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