elephants are synonymous with tourism in thailand but it is an industry accused of cruelty. 3000 elephants that write on tourism are at risk of starvation. and for some elephants, the pandemic has meant more suffering. translation: if it doesn t get better in three months, i will contact people i know along the myanmar border. i will ta ke along the myanmar border. i will take my elephant to work in the walking business there. after two days of travel, the convoy is chased out of the village. locals think the keepers may have coronavirus. tired, the team stops at a river to rest. the elephants got very thirsty and it seemed the little one had no energy to walk. there journey home
transmitted from us back into it. this is still a time of social distancing of course. and that limits visitor numbers. but for the park, that means the financial crisis is at least beginning to ease. life goes on. life goes on inside the zoo. it costs a lot of money if there is no visitors coming around to pay for it. for the whole year of 2020 we are hoping to limit our losses to 30 million euros which would be our best case scenario. and for visitors after long weeks in lockdown, it s just good to be out. at least my point of view we need to adapt ourselves to our new life. it s really nice. i am surprised we can come here with social distance and everything. elephants trumpet. and lockdown has been long for everyone. elephants trumpet. it s notjust the visitors who are excited to be back.
in the business there. after two days of travel, the convoy is chased out of a village. locals think the keepers may have coronavirus. tired, the team stops at a river to rest. translation: the elephants got very thirsty and it seemed the little one had no energy to walk. theirjourney home has been funded by a local charity owner called miss lek. she thinks this is a chance to transform the industry. translation: if there was no pandemic today, elephants would still be in the same state. tourists would be swarming here in thailand. but after covid 19 we will think, and tourists will have time to think, too. after three days of travelling,
elephants are synonymous with tourism in thailand, but it s an industry accused of cruelty. the 3,000 elephants that rely on tourism are at risk of starvation, and for some elephants, the pandemic has meant more suffering. translation: if it doesn t get better in three months, i will contact people i know along the myanmar border. i will take my elephant to work in the business there. after two days of travel, the convoy is chased out of village. locals think the keepers may have coronavirus. tired, the team stops at a river to rest. translation: the elephants got very thirsty and it seemed the little one had no energy to walk.
so she is taking the elephants to her village, where she can feed them. it‘s more than 100 miles away in the mountains. it will be a difficultjourney. translation: we expect it to take three days and two nights, but we have a young elephant and an old one. the baby elephant is four months old. if they are tired, they can rest. elephants are synonymous with tourism in thailand, but it‘s an industry accused of cruelty. the 3,000 elephants that rely on tourism are at risk of starvation, and for some elephants, the pandemic has meant more suffering. translation: if it doesn t get better in three months, i will contact people i know along the myanmar border. i will take my elephant to work