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Elephant Retirement Home in Burma A Tourism Highlight
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:51
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Green Hill Valley camp in Kalaw Township in Shan State Burma, is serving as a retirement home for five ailing and aging elephants, giving them safe refuge in their natural habitat. Tin Maw and her husband opened the camp in October 2011 to care for old and/or ill elephants. [Tin Maw, Managing Director, Green Hill Valley]: ” … One has a problem with eyes and another elephant also has a problem with eyes, and one has a problem with the heart. Some of them were attacked by wild elephants in the forest so they got infections.” With more than a decade of experience in the tourism industry, the couple says to see elephants living in their natural habitat is a tourism natural. They also managed to hire nine mahouts from the Ministry of Forestry. The elephant trainers develop a close bond with the animals and they even sleep in mountain huts close by. [U Phoe, Mahout]: “I can say that taking care of the elephants is equivalent to caring for my children. I am really concerned if they're not feeling well, as with my children.” The camp also has two healthy elephants to attract tourists. It estimates $30–50 thousand US dollars will be spent each year caring for them. Tourists can choose to hike in the mountains and the camp is working on allowing them to stay overnight. Maw's husband and co-managing director, says an overnight stay is another way to connect with nature and interact with the elephants. [Htun Htun Wynn, Co-Managing Director, Green Hills Camp]: “Elephants, they are …
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