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but when covid struck their owners were left struggling to feed them. although tourist numbers have started to recover, the industry faces another challenge, because many visitors now see using the animals for entertainment as unethical. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, has been looking at how the country s three thousand captive elephants can be supported in the future. there is a place in thailand where people and elephants have lived and worked together for centuries. they used to travel the country to entertain tourists. but when covid struck, they moved back here to surin, where they have been struggling to make a living. this charity is offering these elephants free health checks and medication. they often have problems with their digestive systems, says this volunteer, because of the stress of moving or because they are now getting the wrong kind of food.
elephants have been a huge tourist attraction in thailand for decades but when covid struck their owners were left struggling to feed them, because of the lack of visitors. although tourist numbers have started to recover, the industry faces another challenge, because many visitors now see using the animals for entertainment as unethical. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, has been looking at how the country s 3000 captive elephants can be supported in the future. there is a place in thailand where people and elephants have lived and worked together for centuries. they used to travel the country to entertain tourists. but when covid struck, they moved back here to surin, where they have been struggling to make a living. this charity is offering these elephants free health checks and medication. they often have problems with their digestive systems, says this volunteer,
cooler. but then the cooler air penetrates further south during the course of friday. so temperatures are flip flopping all over the place. ray thank you. jon you were right with your weather predictions. it is going to rain! elephants have been a huge tourist attraction in thailand for decades but when covid struck their owners were left struggling to feed them. although tourist numbers have started to recover, the industry faces another challenge, because many visitors now see using the animals for entertainment as unethical. the bbc s south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, has been looking at how the country s three thousand captive elephants can be supported in the future. there is a place in thailand where people and elephants have lived and worked together for centuries. they used to travel the country to entertain tourists. but when covid struck,
particularly this site. so this is being seen notjust by palestinians but by the wider arab and muslim world is a very severe provocation. there has been condemnation this afternoon from saudi arabia, from the united arab emirates, as well as the united arab emirates, as well as the palestinian foreign ministry. israel has said it will not change the status quo of agreements, that was in the government s founding principles, but already israel s staunch ally the americans have said that they would see any change to the status quo as an acceptable. elephants have been a huge tourist attraction in thailand for decades, but when covid struck, their owners were left struggling to feed them. although tourist numbers have started to recover, the industry faces another challenge, because many visitors now see using the animals for entertainment as unethical. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, has been looking at how the country s 3,000 captive elephants can be supported in the