Balipost.com reports that
Bakas Levi Rafting and Elephant Park is suffering the acute financial effects of having no tourist visitors for more than a year, leaving the Sumatran elephants idle and without their usual activity of entertaining visitors.
To guard the elephants’ health housed at the
Bakas Elephant Park, the animal conservators are working hard to provide special attention and care to the Sumatran Elephant. They are resorting to selling assets to ensure the animals receive adequate food and care.
Jro Mangku Alit, the Director of the
Bakas Levi Rafting and Elephant Tour in Banjarangkan, Klunkung, confirmed that the elephant park had been closed since March of 2020. 75% of the more of its 100 employees sent home without pay until the pandemic passes.