An overview of our Rescues and other Projects
All the rescues and projects below are set out in chronological order and the reports were written at the time of the rescue - times change, babies grow up so for day to day stories of the adventures of our babies please check John's Rambling Elephant Blog.
Nong Pleum : Plai Tawan : Outreach Programmes : Nong Dah : Poon Larb and Lynchee : Nam Chok & Pumpui : Adopt a Vet : Lamyai & Meena : Makam & Nam Khong : Pepsi : Musa : Manau: Sakura
Plai Pepsi
It takes a certain sort of mahout to want to ride a tusker, yes there's some glory in it but also a lot of work and slightly more danger but when a young mahout inherited his family's old female he decided to take a gamble.
He swapped the old lady for a two year old Pepsi who he found in Prachuab Khiri Khan province.
They went out onto the streets for four years as Moskva grew up, grew some tusks and grew to know about himself - they did spend some time in Bangkok but mainly led an itinerant life in the provinces.
They'd heard about our project and after four years on the road, finding a campsite every night, paying for even basic necessities from villagers, sleeping rough and running away from the law applied to come to our project.
Pepsi is now the willing, if slightly old, recipient of a crush from Manau, one of our other rescued baby elephants. He has been adopted by the Jun Bennink Foundation for five years.
Pepsi Links
