Thursay, 8th November 2012
Orphaned elephants at Pinnawala, near Kandy. The elephants are taken to the river twice a day, watched by lots of tourists. The Mahouts are there to make sure that they don't wander off to the far side of the river. There are currently around eighty elephants at the orphanage. Around a third of them were brought to the river this morning.
Elephants at Pinnawala are used to contact with humans and so cannot be released back into the wild, unlike at the Elephant Transit Home where they are kept away from people as much as possible.
Controversially, Pinnawala has sold Elephants to private interests leading to allegations that some have been neglected or mistreated.
Elephant Transit Home
Elephant Orphanage
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