Natures Playground
The Thai Elephant Conservation Centre (or TECC) hosts the Elephant Art Gallery, opened in 2000. The elephants in the sanctuary come for numerous reasons - abandoned, sickness, injured or threatened and if deemed possible
for their best interest, reunited with their families after full recovery. Other elephants spend the remainder of their days in the sanctuary. The elephants were introduced to painting when the Mahouts noticed them picking up sticks and doodling in the sand. The sticks were soon replaced with brushes and sand with paper and the elephants became artists. The Mahout will apply the paint, hand it to the artist (whether they take it in their trunk or their nostil is of artistic style and personality), prompt them to the paper and merely stand and watch. The elephants are known to make it extremely clear when the masterpiece is finished by placing down the brush and taking a step back to observe the piece. They rarely veer off the paper proximity. Other activites including music and polo are also available for those not as talanted as Kaew or Jojo.
In this conservation centre is the first ever arteficial insemination elephant to be successfully consieved in Asia which is an extra special story. You can buy the elephant paintings from anywhere in the world to support the amazing cause.
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